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DAVID HEAD (Chuck)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 3:30 pm: | |
Tried to start the bus today lots of power in the batteries and when i throw the switch there is power but there is none inside the bus .where else should I test? |
TWODOGS (Twodogs)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 5:01 pm: | |
guess you need to start by telling us what kind of bus |
TWODOGS (Twodogs)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 5:09 pm: | |
guess you cleaned the battery posts ?? |
Jim (Jim_in_california)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 5:44 pm: | |
Fuse and/or breaker somewhere?
Also, it's not clear whether or not the bus engine actually started? Is the problem "interior lights" or "everything"? |
John that newguy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 7:11 pm: | |
Quick test? Use a battery jumper cable across the two switch
terminals. If you find it's the switch, try turning it on and off a
vast number of times. It gets corroded from sitting and giving
it some action may clear it. There's also contact cleaner you
can buy at Rat Shack to spray inside the switch.... |
DAVID HEAD (Chuck)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 7:57 pm: | |
It is an mc9 and for some reason i have nothing inside or out .The bus had been running last week and I just put new batteries in it.I just took all the lugage racks down and cut quite a few wires to get them down do these have anything to do with the dash I thought they were only for the stereo and the lighting. When I shut it off last time I still had power on the dash.This was after I hacked out the wires |
DAVID HEAD (Chuck)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 8:00 pm: | |
wait a minute I will have to put the bus on hold again for a few days it just started snowing again and I don't want to crawl aroud in it.I will try cleaning the batteries and see if this works though |
FAST FRED
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 6:18 am: | |
Check/clean the batt to chasis ground first.
FAST FRED |
DAVID HEAD (Chuck)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 2:00 pm: | |
found problem was a dead battery replaced it and it works fine now |
John that newguy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 7:37 pm: | |
Hummmm.....
"bus had been running last week and I just put new batteries in it."
"found problem was a dead battery replaced it and it works fine now"
Let us know next week. You may not have fixed "the problem",
you may hae only fixed the result of the problem. |
Sojourner (Jjimage)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 12:27 am: | |
Maybe you done what FF said & now it corrected?
If not dirty connection then Amen to “John that newguy” said!
I do a simple check with low volt meter.
1) Disconnect “pos” 24v terminal measure voltage with everything turn off except master switch next to batteries. It should be 0 to .5v. Higher than that is reason to drain battery too fast. If so remove alternator’s large hot terminal and recheck drainage. If it show 0v, than diode is bad in alt. Otherwise something still turn on.
2) After running engine to warm up alternator with main heater’s blower on for 10 minute. Check for voltage of 28.4v w/nearly full state of charge.
FWIW
Sojourn for Christ, Jerry |
DAVID HEAD (Chuck)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 1:16 pm: | |
I checked the one battery I had removed and found it had a dead cell I now have two new batteries and it seems to be holding the correct voltage .Thanks for the help .While I was in the process I cleaned all the connections from the batter to the starter.Looks like that was part of the problem too. |