Aux Batt solenoid on PT

[Scott Forman]

OK...the saga continues...

Took gen batt to be tested. Bad. Replaced with new one. 12.6v at
rest, fully charged.

I found the circuit breaker/diode across the aux batt switch. Took
all the connections apart and cleaned off corrosion. Here is what
the multimeter shows:

1) With batt chargers off, both sides (gen batt side & house batt
side) show 12.6v on meter.
2) With chargers on, house batt side of diode shows 13.2v.
3) When the gen batt side of diode is unhooked, the free wire will
also show 13.2v, which would seem to say that the diode isn't bad.
4) When diode is hooked up and system is complete, the house batt
side will say 13.2v, but the gen batt side drops back to 12.6v as if
no charging current is making it through.

Any opinions of what I am seeing here?

Scott

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger
wrote:
>
> Agree. Good.
>
> Do the same test using shore power.
>
> Curt Sprenger
> 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> Anaheim Hills, Calif.
>
>
>
> Scott Forman wrote:
>
> > OK, the voltage went up with the gen running. So I guess the
circuit
> > works.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > , Curt Sprenger
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Scott,
> > > Have you used your multimeter and checked the voltage at the
gen.
> > > battery? First before you start the gen. Than again after the
gen.
> > is
> > > running. The increase in voltage when the gen. is running tells
> > you
> > > that the charge circuit is working. No change in voltage, or
> > lower,
> > > you know the charge is not working.
> > >
> > > Curt Sprenger
> > > 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> > > Anaheim Hills, Calif.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Scott Forman wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hmmm..."what is your problem"...there's a wide ranging
> > question....
> > > >
> > > > Really I don't have a problem right now. I am just trying to
learn
> > > > my new coach. I knew my old FC inside and out, and that gave
me
> > some
> > > > confidence that if I ever had a problem on the road, maybe I
could
> > > > diagnose it & fix it. I want to feel that way about my PT,
too. I
> > > > also want to make sure that the charging circuit is charging
the
> > > > generator battery as it is supposed to.
> > > >
> > > > Scott
> > > >
> > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> >
> > > > , wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Scott,
> > > > > May I be so bold as to ask what is your problem?
> > > > > Howard Truitt
> > > > > Camilla, Ga.
> > > > > 86 PT40
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > From: "Scott Forman" <sforman@>
> > > > > > Date: 2007/05/26 Sat PM 08:17:02 EDT
> > > > > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> >
> > > >
> > > > > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Aux Batt solenoid on PT
> > > > > >
> > > > > > OK...a little help...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > There are solenoids all over the place. There's one on the
> > front
> > > > > > wall of the batter charger compartment. There are two
others
> > on
> > > > the
> > > > > > metal panel that folds down to give access to the charger
> > > > > > compartment. And there are three of them behind the step
well,
> > > > > > although it looks like two of them are for the leveling
pump.
> > > > None
> > > > > > of these make the audible "click" when I hit the Aux Batt
> > > > switch.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The drawings in my Blue Box aren't as comprehensive as
they
> > were
> > > > in
> > > > > > my FC, so I am having trouble figuring all this out.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Help!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Scott Forman
> > > > > > 86 PT38
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> >
> > > > , wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Scott,
> > > > > > > On my 86 PT40 mine is in the compartment with the
chargers.
> > But
> > > > > > knowing BB and your coach being a 38 footer it may be
> > different.
> > > > > > > Howard Truitt
> > > > > > > Camilla, Ga.
> > > > > > > 86 PT40
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > From: "Scott Forman" <sforman@>
> > > > > > > > Date: 2007/05/26 Sat PM 02:53:55 EDT
> > > > > > > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> >
> > > >
> > > > > > > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Aux Batt solenoid on PT
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Where is the auxillary battery solenoid on a PT?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Scott Forman
> > > > > > > > 86 PT38
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