Little Things Add Up . . .

[Wayne Kotila]

The 2 Birds with hydraulic generator trays that I owned used the HWH leveling system hydraulics for the generator tray runout.

Wayne
96WB42

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From: freewill2008
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, December 10, 2009 9:54:55 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Little Things Add Up . . .

Wayne - Good question. Mine is air as there is no hydraulic system on board. Maybe rigs with levellers also used hydraulic tray rams. Anyone?

Bob Griesel '84 FC31 WLII

--- In "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com", Wayne Kotila wrote:
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> Hi Bob:
> Isn't your generator runout tray hydraulic? I had a 1982ÂFC and a 1985ÂPT and they both used hydraulics, not air for the generator tray.
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> Wayne
> 96WB42
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> From: freewill2008
> To: "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com"
> Sent: Thu,
December 10, 2009 3:20:18 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Little Things Add Up . . .
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> Thought this might be of interest: Went out to check that the 3208 would start after several nights of record low temps. Found the cranking battery too soft to do the job.
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> This WL has dual 12v systems; one for house, the other for automotive. There is an automotive side disconnect, but it does not interrupt the cables to the starter or the Schottky charge splitter. The disconnect was turned off.
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> There is usually either a small smart charger or solar system running on the automotive side, but for whatever reason both had been off for about 2 months.
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> So, how did the cranking battery discharge? I isolated the cables and found a 0.15 amp draw on the cable heading for the starter and charge splitter. That's about 4 amps a day, or 120 amps a month.
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> This discharge is
probably leakage, either through an old dirty starter or in the charge isolator. For now, the solution will be to leave the solar system on, as it should have been anyway.
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> The good news: I had intalled a 200 amp combiner relay in the battery compartment with very short cables. (The cranking battery sits just behind the stock FC battery tray.) Using the dash switch that once controlled the dinky-toy relay that BB used behind the step-well, I triggered the relay FIRST and then hit the starter. I was running in about 2 seconds.
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> The generator would still start. It can start from either 12v system and it can be jumped from the front battery compartment without the need for air to open the genset tray.
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> When ya like to boondock, its all about backup systems! )
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> Bob Griesel '84 FC31 WLII WA
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