Flourescent light issue

[jburgessx2@...]

I had a similar problem in my 85 PT40. It turned out to be a canon connector. The connector is a large (1 1/2 - 2") and can be found by removing the back panels in the overhead cabinets. I found my problem by emptying the passenger side cabinets and removing the panels aft of the mini-desk area. The contacts within the connector become slightly corroded and/or loose. Undo the connector and check the contacts and clean. You may also have to bend a contact or two to make the connection.

Hope this helps.

Jerry
85 PT40

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From: "zboy59"

Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:21:32 -0000

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Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Flourescent light issue

I have an issue with the front interior flourescent lighting on an '86 PT40.



There are three switches over the entry door that control the flourescent lights in the forward area of my bus.(Over the sofa, and side mini-desk salon area).



These lights will not work for long periods of time at all, then suddenly work fine for a long period, then back again to inoperative.



I'm trying to determine if they all run off a SINGLE ballast. If so, that is probably my problem, if they're all independantly ballasted ... then I have an intermittent short of some sort to run down.



The exterior light that runs off the same power loop works fine all the time, but those are incandescent so ....



I've discovered many time that a simple ground issue kills lights.



Anyone dealt with the ballasts in this part of the bus ? One ? Three ?



Where is it ... and what contemporary model number is it if it's just one ?



I'd like to fix it the first time I have to tear that open ...