Recent content by skedman

I am having some issues that I believe are related to my converter (we are trying to connect with a local shop right now to fix this).  My house batteries are low and I do not have a charger.  If I flip the switch to kill the 12v power from the house batteries, will they charge up with shore...

No worries.  The first few times I was asked what year my rig was I said 1989 only to be corrected by my wife.  ::)

My breakers are on top "inside" one of the cabinets.  So, do you mean on the floor below that?

No, I do not have a voltmeter.  I will have to invest in one.  As far as the brand of the converter, I have no idea.  I'm not even sure where it is located.  I've tried searching on the net for it, but apparently it could be anywhere.  I do know where the breakers and fuses are but there is no...

As far we can tell the fuses are all good.

I just bought and moved into a 1998 Fleetwood Bounder.  I am parked in a full-time space and have the rig plugged into shore power.  My house batteries were replaced last week (with some issues I had in another post).  Since I got the house batteries replaced, everything was working fine.  Until...

I verified that that was the case.  Also, the orientation of the batteries in that manner is necessary as the cables won't reach otherwise.

When we saw that on the setup of the old batteries, we did think that it was weird, but it was working fine that way.  I sent a text to my wife to see if they can try and hook it up the way you suggest and see what happens.  My other concern is why it would fry the chassis battery.

Here is a picture of the old battery setup which we duplicated.  I am at work right now (where I have internet access) so I can't get a pic of the new batteries or shrink the photo, but we used the same setup to the same terminals.

Not sure, but the park managers tested the batteries before they reinstalled them and both were 6v

We just moved into our RV (1998 Fleetwood Bounder 32') over the weekend.  We are living in it full-time and have it parked (very long-term) in a mobile home/RV park.  When we bought it we then took it to a major RV dealer to have it checked over for anything major that needed to be fixed before...

Thanks to both of you for the suggestion.  I will do that.

Same here.  If we have to, we will just put in battery operated ones like we have in the house. We also haven't been thrilled with their customer service.  We took the motor home in on Monday (had to wait three weeks for an appointment) and we called many times.  They never answered their phone...

Could be...LOL

The Fresno dealer (I see that you are in Clovis!) wants over $350 and another $150 in labor to replace them.  I knew that was WAAAAYYYY too much.  I will replace them myself. Thanks to all for the replies.  My main concern right now is money.  I have been out of work for 5 months now and the...