Yeah that was my thought maybe the plates come loose but then it wouldn't have shorted and have no charge?
Electrical Why Oh Why, please help
- Thread starter cruza driver
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Why do they put a battery switch in, I think most people leave them turned on anyway. Perhaps you could bypass the switch @cruza driver, that would demonstrate if the switch is faulty or not.
I thought the same but it wouldn't have been any rougher than where the Expanda has been.
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I thought about bypassing it but I like the flexibilty of the switch should I need to isolate it in a hurry.crackacoldie said:
The fridge was still working after being on the tracks on the Saturday but I'll look further too
thanks Jim
I think you need that multimeter, the setec isolates the battery once the voltage falls bellow about 11 volts, could your problem be as simple as a low battery voltage. Try leaving your van plugged in for a day or so and try again. Hope this helps.
You said you had a test light then just work your way from battery, if like mine it has a 30 amp fuse block next to the battery test both ends then work your way along, testing the switch and any other cnx. Switch is just a bog standard switch nothing special that I can see. Of course if you have reversed the polarity it won't work, black being POS and white being NEG, at least on mine it is, annoys the crap out of me. I like Black/Neg and Red/Pos.
Thanks @Gibbo your right the setec isolates at 10.5v thats why I thought it maybe something else causing the isolation as the battery should have been charged coming straight out of the BT.
Thanks mate much appreciated.
Thanks @Drover the polarity is all good mine has black as neg and red as pos. My old Hawk was as you mentioned with the white neg and black pos.
Nothing quite like chinese wiring, maybe they should stick to cooking food!
Ok, I went to another mates place and grabbed his multi meter to work out what was going on. I checked the battery voltage and it checked out all ok.
I switched off the battery switch which I had done countless times today and guess what.........it all worked as it should. Everything works on 12v with the 240v off. So I think as @expanda said the switch could be the culprit and it looks like it may need replacing.
I cant see the battery voltage being to low to be the problem earlier in the day as it was charged in the BT. But to make sure the dual batt system in BT was working I checked that too and its all good with a charge output at 14.4v.
So a massive thanks for everyone's ideas and responses, it really shows how helpful the forum is :grouphug:
And hopefully the switch problem was all it was.
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I switched off the battery switch which I had done countless times today and guess what.........it all worked as it should. Everything works on 12v with the 240v off. So I think as @expanda said the switch could be the culprit and it looks like it may need replacing.
I cant see the battery voltage being to low to be the problem earlier in the day as it was charged in the BT. But to make sure the dual batt system in BT was working I checked that too and its all good with a charge output at 14.4v.
So a massive thanks for everyone's ideas and responses, it really shows how helpful the forum is :grouphug:
And hopefully the switch problem was all it was.
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Great news, problem solved and all's good in the world once again, stay tuned for the next exciting episode!:whoo:
Good news. I wonder if it would be better to get a battery switch like you would find in a boat. To me the switch looks too small.
Ha ha hopefully it keeps working until I chase up a switch
As for the next episode who knows what it will be with a Jayco
op2:You could be onto something there macca