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Tue, 02 March 2010 13:06  |
Mike O'Connell
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Hi folks,
My floor lights have gone out and while I have volts at, and after the switch I have no idea where the wire goes to get to the lights in the base of the cabinets. I see an orange wire after the switch. Without tearing into the cabinets all I can do at the other end is see the very end of the wire leading to the light and it has no volts.
Can anyone tell me where the wire goes and where it might have failed?
Mike O'Connell
Deerfield, MA
'75 Eleganza
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| Re: Floor light wiring [message #75429 is a reply to message #75395] |
Tue, 02 March 2010 16:54  |
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Tom Lins
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| Mike O'Connell wrote on Tue, 02 March 2010 14:06 |
Hi folks,
My floor lights have gone out and while I have volts at, and after the switch I have no idea where the wire goes to get to the lights in the base of the cabinets. I see an orange wire after the switch. Without tearing into the cabinets all I can do at the other end is see the very end of the wire leading to the light and it has no volts.
Can anyone tell me where the wire goes and where it might have failed?
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Mike
From the looks of the wiring diagram and the assembly manual that wire goes through 2 connectors , a 14 pin one above the switches and another 6 pin one over on the other side up near the top possibly inside one of the upper cabinets.
You could have a corroded connector.
How did you check for voltage at the floor lights? Across the 2 wires in the socket or from a good ground to the hot?
Tom Lins
St Augustine, FL
77 GM Rear Twin, Dry Bath, 455, Aluminum Radiator Quad-Bag Suspension Solar Panel
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| Re: [GMCnet] Floor light wiring [message #75448 is a reply to message #75429] |
Tue, 02 March 2010 19:24 |
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ljdavick
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Would anyone know, off hand, what lamps are used for the floor lighting? This is one place I'd like to put some LED's.
Larry Davick
The Mystery Machine
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From: "Tom Lins" <tlins@optonline.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 2:54:50 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Floor light wiring
Mike O'Connell wrote on Tue, 02 March 2010 14:06
> Hi folks,
> My floor lights have gone out and while I have volts at, and after the switch I have no idea where the wire goes to get to the lights in the base of the cabinets. I see an orange wire after the switch. Without tearing into the cabinets all I can do at the other end is see the very end of the wire leading to the light and it has no volts.
> Can anyone tell me where the wire goes and where it might have failed?
Mike
From the looks of the wiring diagram and the assembly manual that wire goes through 2 connectors , a 14 pin one above the switches and another 6 pin one over on the other side up near the top possibly inside one of the upper cabinets.
You could have a corroded connector.
How did you check for voltage at the floor lights? Across the 2 wires in the socket or from a good ground to the hot?
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Milltown, NJ
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| Re: [GMCnet] Floor light wiring [message #75454 is a reply to message #75448] |
Tue, 02 March 2010 19:45 |
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ljdavick
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I think I found it in the '76 Owner's Manual on page 111 - it lists "Aisle lighting, Quantity 2, Bulb No. 67"
Larry Davick
The Mystery Machine
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From: "Larry Davick" <ljdavick@comcast.net>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 5:24:01 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Floor light wiring
Would anyone know, off hand, what lamps are used for the floor lighting? This is one place I'd like to put some LED's.
Larry Davick
The Mystery Machine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lins" <tlins@optonline.net>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 2:54:50 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Floor light wiring
Mike O'Connell wrote on Tue, 02 March 2010 14:06
> Hi folks,
> My floor lights have gone out and while I have volts at, and after the switch I have no idea where the wire goes to get to the lights in the base of the cabinets. I see an orange wire after the switch. Without tearing into the cabinets all I can do at the other end is see the very end of the wire leading to the light and it has no volts.
> Can anyone tell me where the wire goes and where it might have failed?
Mike
From the looks of the wiring diagram and the assembly manual that wire goes through 2 connectors , a 14 pin one above the switches and another 6 pin one over on the other side up near the top possibly inside one of the upper cabinets.
You could have a corroded connector.
How did you check for voltage at the floor lights? Across the 2 wires in the socket or from a good ground to the hot?
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Tom Lins
Milltown, NJ
78 xPB
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| Re: [GMCnet] Floor light wiring [message #75484 is a reply to message #75454] |
Wed, 03 March 2010 01:41 |
Chuck Garton
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I installed 36 array LED's in my 2 aisle lights. It turned out they
were wired backwards; the case was hot and the center wire ground.
After reversing the wires, they worked okay.
I got them from www.jclampstand.com, part number JC-36-AB-WW for warm
white. These also fit the Royal and Birchaven porch lights. They cost
$20.00 each plus shipping and CA tax. They pull 0.25 Amps.
The lights are protected by a fuse in the fuse panel in the Circuit
Breaker compartment (where the old buzz box lived).
Chuck Garton
77 Kingsley 455
Ridgecrest, CA
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Larry Davick <ljdavick@comcast.net> wrote:
> I think I found it in the '76 Owner's Manual on page 111 - it lists "Aisle lighting, Quantity 2, Bulb No. 67"
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> Larry Davick
> The Mystery Machine
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Davick" <ljdavick@comcast.net>
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 5:24:01 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Floor light wiring
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> Would anyone know, off hand, what lamps are used for the floor lighting? This is one place I'd like to put some LED's.
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> Larry Davick
> The Mystery Machine
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Lins" <tlins@optonline.net>
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 2:54:50 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Floor light wiring
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> Mike O'Connell wrote on Tue, 02 March 2010 14:06
>> Hi folks,
>> My floor lights have gone out and while I have volts at, and after the switch I have no idea where the wire goes to get to the lights in the base of the cabinets. I see an orange wire after the switch. Without tearing into the cabinets all I can do at the other end is see the very end of the wire leading to the light and it has no volts.
>> Can anyone tell me where the wire goes and where it might have failed?
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> Mike
> From the looks of the wiring diagram and the assembly manual that wire goes through 2 connectors , a 14 pin one above the switches and another 6 pin one over on the other side up near the top possibly inside one of the upper cabinets.
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> You could have a corroded connector.
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> How did you check for voltage at the floor lights? Across the 2 wires in the socket or from a good ground to the hot?
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> Tom Lins
> Milltown, NJ
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| Re: [GMCnet] Floor light wiring [message #75503 is a reply to message #75448] |
Wed, 03 March 2010 08:48 |
Mike O'Connell
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..So I think the question I have is: Does the wiring gets from one side of the coach to the other through the ceiling or the floor, or does it go all the way around the back? If anyone knows how to get to these connectors, I could use the help. I'd rather not go tearing up the cabinets to look for them. The last time I did something like that it lead to some "upgrades".
Mike O'Connell
Deerfield, MA
'75 Eleganza
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| Re: Floor light wiring [message #79929 is a reply to message #75395] |
Fri, 09 April 2010 18:38 |
westlanddave78
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I LOVE those little aisle lights. I think they're half the reason I bought the GMC. (Well, at least they and a perfect-running Onan sealed the deal.)
I replaced my incandescent lamps with LEDs as well. It's been a few years now, but when I bought them, the only white ones available were really cold white. The SO said they looked like little TVs and I had to admit they did. So I changed them out for amber ones, which I think look really cool. My wires were backward too...chop, chop, solder, solder fixed that.
Dave P.
Westland, MI
75 Palm Beach
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| Re: Floor light wiring [message #79978 is a reply to message #75395] |
Sat, 10 April 2010 02:53 |
Adrien G.
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Mike,
On my, 75 Glenbrook, side bath the wire harness goes across in the ceiling rib at the front bath wall, along with 2 water lines.
The connector is at the roof rail inside ref box front panel, non other to the closet floor light. The galley floor light, I don't recall where it connects at, but since the harness goes down the wall inside the closet front panel and there are connectors on top of the wheel box, try there.
I would first try with a jumper wire between the switch out to the light in question, it could be a ground problem.
Hope this is of some help.
Adrien & Jenny Genesoto
75 Glenbrook (26-3) Mods LS3.70 FD / Reaction Sys / 80mm Front&Intermidiate / Hydroboost / 16" Tires / Frame Rebuild / Interior Rebuild
Yuba City,Ca. Text 530-nine-3-three-3-nine-nine-6
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