1st trip "the shake-down cruise"

[Jon]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Wilhelmus Schreurs
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> Vic:
> Well all in all the trip did not go too bad then. Just be glad
that you can repair as you go.
> Your alternator seems to be the problem as well, mine did that, and
I have a shorted diode. Another thing to do, hmmmm 1 of 45 items on
my list LOL
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> Bill 84 FC 35 SB "$quanderlodge"
> Terrace, B.C. Canada
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 8:41:15 AM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] 1st trip "the shake-down cruise"
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> Well, we just returned from our first 660 mile trip in
a 81fc. At the
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> top of the Snoqualmie pass the bird sounded the water temp. alarm.
We
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> pulled into the gas station and cooled the radiator with water for
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> probably 20 minutes. When it was safe to open the cap we added
approx.3
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> to 5 gallons water. Please note that the radiator was flushed and
new
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> anti-freeze added before departure. I think there was an air lock
or
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> When we arrived at Pullman and set up camp the lights to the
bathroom
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> and the forward flouresent lights went out. The breaker reset would
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> restore them. The gen set needed a jump to start. Should the
battery
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> switch to the house batteries be able to start the gen?
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> Anyway on the return trip home the voltage indicator would bounce
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> between 14 volts and 12 volts finally staying at 12 volts and
dropping.
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> Crossing the pass again I was concerned about the water temp. but
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> never reached higher than 180 degrees. When we arrived at home we
had
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> less than 11 volts and everything was dim.
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> The following day I charged the batteries and started the bird. The
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> voltage regulator again bounced between 14 and 12 volts finally
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> settling on 12. I checked all of the connections and they are
tight.
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> The bus has been equiped with an Ample Power battery monitering
device
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> and a Next Step voltage regultor. I checked all the inline fuses to
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> that system and they are good.
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> Where is the breaker to the bathroom lights located?
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> Vic Engstrom 81FCSB
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> Camano Island WA.
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My brakers are located up front behind the panels that give you
access to where the steering wheel shaft is. Once you open up that
access door (has the front head lights on you should see the braker
assembly). I would check to see if all the wires up there are tight
and then run a test to the braker that operates the bathroom
fixtures. Jipjob

Steve Anderson is on the road but you can e-mail him and ask him if
he knows which braket opperates those bathroom 12 volt fixtures.
You should be able to locate his address oft of this site. Jon

78 Wanderlodge
Bremerton Washington
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