| Electro Level II Circuit Breaker? [message #187821] |
Sat, 20 October 2012 20:55  |
Darryl
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We left this afternoon for a three-week trip through Nevada, Utah and Arizona but we almost didn't get out of the driveway. My ELII system in my 78 Eleganza has always worked, sort of. I have always been able to manually raise or lower the coach but the travel mode doesn't work. Not a big problem - I just get out the yard-stick and adjust the ride height manually before hitting the road.
Today, however, when I tried to raise the coach to get out of the driveway the compressors didn't come on. Made sure I had the ignition on and had the "Travel" switch in "Hold" (actually, I tried every position) but still nothing. Since neither compressor was working I figured a fuse. The "Öperating Manual" says there is a 30 amp circuit breaker "ïn fuse block". Since this is listed under "Vehicle Fuses and Circuit Breakers" I looked at the fuse block in the glove box. Nothing there. Checked the coach 12-volt panel but nothing there either. Can someone tell me where it is?
BTW, we did get away with only an hour or so delay. Fortunately a PO had fitted the air bags with shut-off's and shraeder valves. The coach was so low on one side (driveway is nowhere near level) that I had to take the T-skirt off to get my hand in. My little HF $39.95 100 psi compressor performed as advertised. We made is as far as Lovelock. No problems over Donner Summit. Tomorrow we'll head toward Salt Lake City and Moab
Darryl Meyers
1978 Eleganza II
El Dorado Hills, CA
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| Re: [GMCnet] Electro Level II Circuit Breaker? [message #187823 is a reply to message #187821] |
Sat, 20 October 2012 21:19  |
James Hupy
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Darryl, the circuit breaker is at the top of the fuse panel in the very
center of it. It is metal, not glass, and it runs horizontally. It is
shorter than a glass fuse. It can be hard to spot. They rarely fail.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 GMC Royale 403
On Oct 20, 2012 6:55 PM, "Darryl Meyers" <hospacctg@att.net> wrote:
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> We left this afternoon for a three-week trip through Nevada, Utah and
> Arizona but we almost didn't get out of the driveway. My ELII system in my
> 78 Eleganza has always worked, sort of. I have always been able to
> manually raise or lower the coach but the travel mode doesn't work. Not a
> big problem - I just get out the yard-stick and adjust the ride height
> manually before hitting the road.
>
> Today, however, when I tried to raise the coach to get out of the driveway
> the compressors didn't come on. Made sure I had the ignition on and had
> the "Travel" switch in "Hold" (actually, I tried every position) but still
> nothing. Since neither compressor was working I figured a fuse. The
> "Öperating Manual" says there is a 30 amp circuit breaker "ïn fuse block".
> Since this is listed under "Vehicle Fuses and Circuit Breakers" I looked
> at the fuse block in the glove box. Nothing there. Checked the coach
> 12-volt panel but nothing there either. Can someone tell me where it is?
>
> BTW, we did get away with only an hour or so delay. Fortunately a PO had
> fitted the air bags with shut-off's and shraeder valves. The coach was so
> low on one side (driveway is nowhere near level) that I had to take the
> T-skirt off to get my hand in. My little HF $39.95 100 psi compressor
> performed as advertised. We made is as far as Lovelock. No problems over
> Donner Summit. Tomorrow we'll head toward Salt Lake City and Moab
> --
> Darryl Meyers
>
> 1978 Eleganza II
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> El Dorado Hills, CA
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| Re: [GMCnet] Electro Level II Circuit Breaker? [message #187824 is a reply to message #187823] |
Sat, 20 October 2012 21:31 |
Darryl
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Thanks Jim. I'll check it in the morning but if they "rarely fail" that probably won't be the problem.
I'll keep the compressor and the yardstick handy.
Darryl Meyers
1978 Eleganza II
El Dorado Hills, CA
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| Re: [GMCnet] Electro Level II Circuit Breaker? [message #187830 is a reply to message #187824] |
Sat, 20 October 2012 22:46 |
C Boyd
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Sir: I believe they share the same ground also.
| Darryl wrote on Sat, 20 October 2012 22:31 |
Thanks Jim. I'll check it in the morning but if they "rarely fail" that probably won't be the problem.
I'll keep the compressor and the yardstick handy.
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C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee
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| Re: [GMCnet] Electro Level II Circuit Breaker? [message #187834 is a reply to message #187826] |
Sun, 21 October 2012 02:31 |
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mike miller
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| Jim Galbavy wrote on Sat, 20 October 2012 19:35 |
Check your electrical connectors to the compressor. May be a loose connection.
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I was thinking the same thing. That was the first problem I had with my #2 coach.
The loose connector was in the same compartment as the pumps. On my Rear Bath Birch, it is under the stove.
Mike Miller -- Hillsboro, OR -- on the Black list
(#2)`78 23' Birchaven Rear Bath -- (#3)`77 23' Birchaven Side Bath
More Sidekicks than GMC's and a late model Malibu called 'Boo'
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| Re: [GMCnet] Electro Level II Circuit Breaker? [message #187839 is a reply to message #187834] |
Sun, 21 October 2012 07:03 |
Ray Erspamer
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When I first bought our coach I had this same problem, it was the ignition
switch which I bypassed with a dedicated power supply.
Ray
Ray & Lisa
78 Royale "Great Lakes Eagle"
Center Kitchen TZE368V101144
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53226
Email: 78GMC-Royale@att.net
414-745-3188
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Electro Level II Circuit Breaker?
Jim Galbavy wrote on Sat, 20 October 2012 19:35
> Check your electrical connectors to the compressor. May be a loose
connection.
I was thinking the same thing. That was the first problem I had with my #2
coach.
The loose connector was in the same compartment as the pumps. On my Rear Bath
Birch, it is under the stove.
--
Mike Miller -- Hillsboro, OR -- on the Black list
(#1)'73 26' exPainted D. -- (#2)`78 23' Birchaven Rear Bath -- (#3)`77 23'
Birchaven Side Bath
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| Re: [GMCnet] Electro Level II Circuit Breaker? [message #187848 is a reply to message #187839] |
Sun, 21 October 2012 09:30 |
John Sharpe
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......The "Öperating Manual" says there is a 30 amp circuit breaker for the EL II "ïn fuse block"......
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My coach has a 30amp fuse in the upper chamber of the fuse block,located in the glove box. Don't know if it came that way or upgraded by the PO  .
John Sharpe
Humble,TX
'78 Eleganza TBI
'89 Spectrum 2000 MPI V-10
'40 Ford Panel Delivery TPI
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