| Battery problem [message #98313] |
Fri, 03 September 2010 00:40  |
bhayes
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Registered: March 2010
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The adventures of our newly acquired GMC continue...
So I had the two golf cart batteries out this evening to make a few repairs to the slide-out battery tray. Mounted next to the batteries is a switch for the macerator, with a positive lead going from the boost solenoid up over the batteries to the switch. After I had finished repairing the tray slides, I put the batteries back on the tray, hooked them up, and was sliding them in when the positive lead leading to the macerator switch snagged on one of the negative terminals of the batteries. The macerator lead had chafed down to the bare wire, causing a nice short with its accompanying shower of lovely gold sparks.
I repaired the macerator wire (and looked for a way to reroute them out of the way of the batteries) and went into the coach to turn on some lights, but there wasn't any power. I tried to start the generator, and again, no power. I checked the fuses and they were all fine. I went up front and pressed the battery boost switch a few times, and the lights finally came back on and stayed on when I let go of the switch. I fired up the generator, but it ran very rough and then suddenly died, along with the lights. Hitting the boost switch allowed me to start it again, but this time it died when I let go of the boost switch, along with the lights
Obviously something got fried, but I'm not sure what. I was thinking that since the macerator wire is hooked up to the left side terminal on the rear boost solenoid, perhaps the solenoid itself got damaged. I've disconnected the house batteries for now, and tomorrow when it's light I'm going to check the voltage on them. Any other ideas?
Bryan Hayes
'76 Eleganza II
Salt Lake City, Utah
Bryan Hayes
'76 Eleganza II
Salt Lake City, Utah
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