Recent content by Kim (skyking4ar2) Bertram

That's all I need - a fat puppy! After thoroughly reading the documentation, I did the soft reset and while the unit reset, that lasted about five seconds and it went back to a fail indicator. After reading the documentation more thoroughly, I see the hard reset, which requires the 12v power...

Ken, Mine is the MS 2000, not any of the other 2000-series. Magnum has a new website when I went looking for a contact point because I feel sure there is some technical support somewhere. I have not started on the documented resets, soft or hard, because of the weather, but fortunately mine...

That would be my thought. Lots of pictures as I go.  ;) Still researching. Hoping to catch someone here who has actually R&R'd this model.

No fuses tripped. The batteries are fully charged and float charge as expected. The status indicator light indicates an internal failure according to the manual. Since the box is a riveted case, that precludes a more thorough investigation. If there's some formal reset sequence, I have not...

2017 - the year of catastrophe - it was Alaska or Bust and we have done our share of busting. Very long story shortened - We are in a 2012 Thor Tuscany 42RQ with a Magnum 2000 pure sine wave inverter. Last night, we heard a pop as we went to bed, a 15 amp circuit breaker was blown, the breaker...

My unit has a Trombetta instead of a Big Boy and they are apparently wired a bit different for use with the BIRD controller. I have a voltage test to perform as we try to isolate which component failed. Some documentation indicates these Trombettas have a history of early failure. I still have...

Latest update from Thor Support (and a tech who was very interested in resolving the issue): As I suspected, the Damon transition was happening when my coach was built and my born on date is three weeks before the oldest technical schematics for my unit. His comment being that Damon might not...

By volume, 50/50 ethylene glycol coolant will take me way below 0 degrees Fahrenheit. And as full timers, we follow the sun.  8)

Shore power and the generator both charge the batteries without issue.

It's a leap, but would you hazard a guess about what those circuits are controlling, i.e. what's on either ends?

I guess on the upside, the driveshafts are relatively short and easy to pull...

Honestly, Kevin, for as long as this has plagued us, it ain't over 'til I get down to the Florida Panhandle for the winter. And I have Gaffney, SC as a Plan B. But I am WAY farther along than I was a month ago!

Now for the rest of the story! (I miss that guy...) After I sent the full epistle of this journey down Prestone lane to Freightliner's head tech advisor and a subsequent follow up phone call, I present the following information. At the factory, eleven (11) gallons of coolant is pumped into the...

I hate odysseys!  (:( Having recently entered our eighth year of full timing, I am constantly amazed at how much information you have to accumulate to stay on top of your lifestyle.  8) I will not have a machine beat me.

Ken, The picture of the Big Boy relay was helpful, and I knew what the BIRD looked like, but am still tracking. I have a set of connections similar to yours that have Littelfuse Mega  bolt down fuses and I am not sure how to test them unless they simply test like a regular fuse. Thor suggested...