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Old 06-26-2008, 01:07 PM   #3
Bruce Lenhardt
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Grain valley
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Thanks Ozz. Spent all morning trouubleshooting. Found that the large wire from the battery disconnect switch to the 12 volt fuse panel was indeed shorted. During build they had strung the wire (#4 AWG) over the top of a cross member of the frame and then put the floor on. During some bumpy roads getting here it shorted to the frame. Couldn't pull it out soooo I had to drop part of the under belly, cut it on both sides of the frame and splice it back together. Quite a job, but it is working. This could have been serious. When I got to the campground, and applied 120 volt AC I just happened to feel the DC fuse panel. It was getting very hot quickly and would have probably burned something up. Was very lucky. The reason it was getting hot was because the shorted DC line was ground and the 12 volt line from the converter was positive 12. A direct short through the circuit board of the fuse panel!!!!! Surprised it didn't take out the converter.

We will be back in KC area around the 22nd.
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