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07-21-2007, 07:10 PM
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1 Rivet Member
1985 34.5' Airstream 345
Mebane
, North Carolina
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 15
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Battery to AC power cord???
Hello......I just brought my "new to me" 1985 345 home today after a long 14 hour drive! Everything went well....I have a question on how to get the AC to work. I plugged in all the cords and made sure that all connections were good. How do I switch it over in the Coach to show on the interior panel display that I am acctually on the AC and not on battery anymore? Thanks!
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07-21-2007, 07:32 PM
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Rivet Master
1984 31' Airstream310
Dunsmuir
, California
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 1,336
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Don't know about you rig but on mine (84) if your 120Volt outlets have power, you're on AC. If you have a dc voltmeter you should get a reading of 13.2+ volts at your 12 outlets.
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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion - The Dalai Lama
1984 310 Limited Motorhome
Courtesy Parking (W/S/E/Wi-Fi) on I-5 in Northern California, 70 miles from Oregon border
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07-21-2007, 07:44 PM
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1 Rivet Member
1985 34.5' Airstream 345
Mebane
, North Carolina
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 15
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I just relized that the Coach is seeing the power because the air con. is workig without the generator. But the AC light on the panel above the sink is not lit.....Does this sound right??
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07-21-2007, 10:21 PM
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Rivet Master
1984 31' Airstream310
Dunsmuir
, California
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 1,336
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My rig doesn't have an ac light but I don't think it is uncommon for them to not work correctly.
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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion - The Dalai Lama
1984 310 Limited Motorhome
Courtesy Parking (W/S/E/Wi-Fi) on I-5 in Northern California, 70 miles from Oregon border
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07-21-2007, 11:02 PM
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Rivet Master
1984 31' Airstream310
Dunsmuir
, California
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 1,336
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Correction, my rig does have an AC light, it has never worked so I forgot about it. I have a AC Volt meter that the PO picked up at Camping World plugged in to an outlet in the kitchen. I can always tell if I have AC by glancing at it.
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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion - The Dalai Lama
1984 310 Limited Motorhome
Courtesy Parking (W/S/E/Wi-Fi) on I-5 in Northern California, 70 miles from Oregon border
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07-22-2007, 07:31 AM
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Rivet Master
2017 27' Flying Cloud
2016 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Altoona
, Florida
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,644
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Monitor panel is toast
My 1990 250 has a A/C indicating ligh on the monitor panel but the whole monitor panel is toast. Looking for a replacement or repair. Any ideas?
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07-22-2007, 08:19 AM
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Rivet Master
1986 25' Sovereign
Southern Middle
, Tennessee
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,319
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Casavant
I just relized that the Coach is seeing the power because the air con. is workig without the generator. But the AC light on the panel above the sink is not lit.....Does this sound right??
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My Power On light doesn't work either because my converter/charger was changed out from the Univolt to an IntelliPower. Take a look at your converter and see if you can find a stray small gray wire that is not connected. I easily found mine in my '77 Excella 500 and my current '86 Sovereign. To get mine to work I would have to plug into a 110 volt outlet a small 110v.-12v. transformer you can pick up at any Radio Shack to power the gray wire so that the light would come on. I just keep this plugged in
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Craig
AIR #0078
'01 2500hd ext. cab, 8.1 litre gas, 5 sp. Allison auto
3.73 rear end
Mag-Hytec rear diff cover
Amsoil Dual by-pass oil filtration system
Amsoil synthetics all around
265 watt AM Solar, Inc. system
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07-22-2007, 08:56 AM
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Rivet Master
2017 27' Flying Cloud
2016 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Altoona
, Florida
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,644
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Thanks
Quote:
Originally Posted by davidz71
My Power On light doesn't work either because my converter/charger was changed out from the Univolt to an IntelliPower. Take a look at your converter and see if you can find a stray small gray wire that is not connected. I easily found mine in my '77 Excella 500 and my current '86 Sovereign. To get mine to work I would have to plug into a 110 volt outlet a small 110v.-12v. transformer you can pick up at any Radio Shack to power the gray wire so that the light would come on. I just keep this plugged in
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That really a great solution - thanks - Simpliciy wins again
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07-22-2007, 11:16 AM
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Rivet Master
1986 25' Sovereign
Southern Middle
, Tennessee
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,319
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You can purchase the circuit checking device at many hardware stores. It has red and yellow lights. If the ground is correct, correct polarity and everything else checks out then two yellow lights on the right light up. As you can see, i'm good to go.
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Craig
AIR #0078
'01 2500hd ext. cab, 8.1 litre gas, 5 sp. Allison auto
3.73 rear end
Mag-Hytec rear diff cover
Amsoil Dual by-pass oil filtration system
Amsoil synthetics all around
265 watt AM Solar, Inc. system
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07-22-2007, 03:46 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2007 25' Safari FB SE
Burien
, Washington
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 76
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davidz71
You can purchase the circuit checking device at many hardware stores. It has red and yellow lights. If the ground is correct, correct polarity and everything else checks out then two yellow lights on the right light up. As you can see, i'm good to go.
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Those AC outlet testers are really handy to have. The volt meter is handy too. I encountered a campground where our A/C would trip the breaker after a few minutes. Other people were having the same problem. I had to pull out a Digital VOM and measure the AC and it was 102 Volts with the AC running and 106 Volts without the AC running. Yikes, needless to say, we turned the AC off. I added a plug in volt meter to my trailer now.
Sam
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