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11-21-2014, 12:01 PM
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Winemaker
2022 25' Flying Cloud
Avila Beach
, California
Join Date: Mar 2012
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Sticky Main Power Contactor
I have 28ft 2012 FC and progressively over the past 2.5 years the power contactor has become more difficult to open, ie turn power off. I suspect the contactor was probably bad from the get go but now it is getting nearly unworkable and needs to be replaced. Does anyone know where I can buy this AS contactor online?
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11-21-2014, 12:07 PM
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Rivet Master
2011 25' FB Flying Cloud
Anywhere &
, Everywhere
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What is a "contactor"?
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11-21-2014, 12:08 PM
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Rivet Master
1974 Argosy 20
2014 20' Flying Cloud
Kooskia
, Idaho
Join Date: Jul 2009
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What are you talking about? The 120 volt circuit breaker (s)? The use/store relay? The switch which controls the use/store relay? The transfer switch which allows you to use the front or rear 120 volt input?
Power contractor does not tell us what you are concerned with. I hope you can clarify your issue so someone might help more.
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11-21-2014, 12:08 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 22' International CCD
Corona
, California
Join Date: Jul 2013
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It's another word for 'relay'.
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11-21-2014, 12:18 PM
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Winemaker
2022 25' Flying Cloud
Avila Beach
, California
Join Date: Mar 2012
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I guess I show my age by using the word "contactor". It is essentially a relay. It is buried under my couch so...I have not seen it. I was just hoping someone knew a part number that I could order online?
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11-21-2014, 01:18 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 22' International CCD
Corona
, California
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It's not a sign of age. Relays that switch high voltage or current are still referred to as contactors. Since the use/store relay is good for at least 50 amps at 12 volts you are actually correct calling it a contactors.
That said, I'd have to crawl under the bed to get to mine as well. I suspect any continuous duty 12 volt coil 50 amp contactor would work.
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'The Silver HamShack' ('07 International 22FB CCD 75th Anniversary)
Multiple Yaesu Ham Radios inside and many antennae sprouting from roof, ProPride hitch, Prodigy P2 controller.
2012 shortbed CrewMax 4x4 Toyota Tacoma TV with more antennae on it.
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11-21-2014, 01:42 PM
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Rivet Master
1974 Argosy 20
2014 20' Flying Cloud
Kooskia
, Idaho
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Ah, the store/use relay. On my FC 20, it is under the front bed. I have not investigated it but think it is a double coil latching relay. That is power on one coil turns the thing on, on the other coil it is turned off. Thus it stays in either position you have switched to until the other side is activated.
No idea of where to get such a beastie, other than from Airstream.
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11-21-2014, 02:24 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 22' International CCD
Corona
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It's not a latching relay. The relay is electrically held closed with the electrical connection of the coil through another set of contacts.
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'The Silver HamShack' ('07 International 22FB CCD 75th Anniversary)
Multiple Yaesu Ham Radios inside and many antennae sprouting from roof, ProPride hitch, Prodigy P2 controller.
2012 shortbed CrewMax 4x4 Toyota Tacoma TV with more antennae on it.
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11-21-2014, 03:45 PM
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Rivet Master
1974 Argosy 20
2014 20' Flying Cloud
Kooskia
, Idaho
Join Date: Jul 2009
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I just looked at the wiring diagram for the 2014 FC series (which is available at Airstream.com on line) and the relay in question has two 5 amp fuses and other things that make it look to be a two coil relay, not a spring loaded one electrically held on.
Unfortunately the diagram is not complete and is obscure in what is actually going on in the relay. It only shows a box with terminals, not what it does internally, that is what happens electrically when it is activated. There also is no part number listed for the relay itself.
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11-21-2014, 09:50 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 22' International CCD
Corona
, California
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 9,180
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I'll get to my AS this weekend and verify how it works. If it's held electrically, pulling a battery cable then hooking it back up will tell the tale....if it drops out and stays out its held electrically. If it stays on when I hook back up, it's latching.
I'll report sometime tomorrow. I'm betting it's not latching, based on what the contactor looks like...
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'The Silver HamShack' ('07 International 22FB CCD 75th Anniversary)
Multiple Yaesu Ham Radios inside and many antennae sprouting from roof, ProPride hitch, Prodigy P2 controller.
2012 shortbed CrewMax 4x4 Toyota Tacoma TV with more antennae on it.
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