Recent content by TomH

I am having a similar problem. I bought an 18" round Winegard antenna and signal finder for my Directv receiver, but I had no luck getting on the satellite. I have a working in-motion receiver, but I have been in some locations where it was blocked, so I thought the remote dish would help in...

I was buying diesel fuel at a Flying J a few weeks ago, and the owner of the coach at the next pump told me that he got some bad fuel somewhere up the east coast, and that he was glad he had an extra fuel filter with him. I've only been using diesel fuel about six months, and I am wondering if...

I put the coach in the shop, and they thought it was the step draining the battery. They rewired it, fouling up step operation, but that did not change the 3A indicated on the Magnum Energy remote display. I had them put the step back the way it was. I then bought a volt-ohm meter that could...

Where would I likely find the battery disconnect relay?

I had a similar leak that turned out to be caused by ducting that had come loose.

I put the coach in the shop yesterday morning, and as of this afternoon they had not determined the source of the 3A drain. They pulled all the fuses and that made no difference. It looks like I may wind up installing a manual battery disconnect as Gary suggested.

I got my rear wheels completed sunk in loose sand a few months back, and my Progressive insurance policy covered the assistance. They sent a very capable tow truck that pulled my rig out. That was quite a job--pulling a big rig out of such a predicament was definitely a job that required the...

The red cable from the house batteries goes to a big relay that also connects to the chassis batteries. I assume this relay allows for using the house batteries to help start the engine if the chassis batteries need a boost. I measured voltages across this relay, and the house and chassis...

I had my four-year old batteries tested at Interstate, and the specific gravity was very low in every cell even though the batteries charged all last weekend. So I replaced them with four new Interstate golf cart batteries. After hooking them up and running the generator, the charger indicated...

Looking back over several trips, the charger has always been charging, even when on shore power for days. On the last trip, I never saw less than 17A of charging current. When shutting down after the most recent trip, the battery voltage was only 12.4 volts, so that suggests house battery...

I hooked the batteries up and ran the generator, and the meter showed bulk charging. Then I stopped the generator and switched the battery disconnect to disconnected. The meter then showed over 13 volts and 5A, and the values were slowly decreasing. I suspect this was residual charger current...

That should be "I think", not "I thank", although I do thank any and all for their help!

Gary, I thank you may be right about possible battery failure. Checking that was next on my list, but the 3A current flow got my attention, and the inverter was turned off at the time. I took a picture of the Magnum Energy display when this happened, and it shows the inverter indicator to be...

I just returned from a trip, and when I shut everything down and hit the battery disconnect, I noticed my Magnum Energy remote still showed 12.4 volts and 3A. I rechecked the battery disconnect to make sure it was disconnected. So what is with this 3A? I was afraid that the batteries would run...

Thanks for the info. This is my first such repair, and I had no idea the motor would be so expensive...