Daily Archives: July 1, 2011
It’s Always Something! . . .
It’s going to be a short blog today because I’m fighting an electrical problem.
We left Long Beach, WA about 9 am after taking on about 125 gallons of diesel. With Nick and Terry leading the way, the 150 mile trip took us about 4 hours, which means we averaged about 37.5 mph, mostly because the curvy, hilly roads kept our speed down.
And also gave us one case of cat barf.
We got parked at the Elk’s Lodge in Bremerton, which has 30 amp and water with no problems. But the problem started when I hooked up my electric and tried to turn things on.
No power was getting to the coach, although my Progressive EMS (Electrical Management System) said the power coming in was good.
Next I tried disconnecting shore power and starting up my generator. Still no power in the coach.
But the inverter running off the batteries worked fine. This leads me to think it’s the Automatic Transfer Switch that’s having trouble. But so far, I’ve found no documentation on the switch in my manual, and of course this all occurred after everyone had left for the long 4th of July weekend, so there’s no one to call.
But we can use the inverter, and Nick loaned me his heavy duty battery charger to keep the batteries charged, so we can muddle thru the weekend OK.
More Tomorrow . . .
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Thought for the Day:
It’s not that they know so little, but that what they know is so wrong.
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