Low Voltage & Generator Won't Start

[halfprice]

Originally Posted by Mommy3jx3

UPDATE. So....progress. Figured out low voltage problem & generator starts now. However, jacks still won’t retract. When I do auto retract, it makes noise, but doesn’t retract. Can’t get them to manually retract either. Any ideas?

Btw, Thor was worthless. The guy told me to do what I did several times. He wouldn’t listen to me & talked to me like I was an idiot. ��

What was the low voltage problem???

[Mommy3jx3]

FIXED! Turns out the diod pack was bad. Lippert will send me a new one for free. Thx everyone for your help.

[Mommy3jx3]

Originally Posted by halfprice

What was the low voltage problem???

There was another 100amp that was blown. I didn’t see it because it was back behind the batteries.

[Cason61]

Originally Posted by schreinertms

For the most part the only way I can get my jacks down without experiencing a low voltage error is by hooking up to shore power first. However, the jack system is so unpredictable that sometimes I am able to operate the jacks in auto mode (down) without having to run the engine and with the shore power connected. I think the system is possessed. It is definitely the most unreliable system on my coach and seems to piss me off the most.

Ok for me I had this problem too. While changing the batteries and cleaning out the compartment which also has the hydraulic pump for the slide, I came across the wire harness located there and when I moved it the wire fell out of the back of the 15 amp C/B. The wire would not go back in the plastic box to clamp it in place so I had to cut away the side and did it that way, a temp fix but the slide worked without gen. power. Later on I wired in a new plastic box for the 15amp C/B and it works even better now. Check that C/B and tug the wires in the harness laying next to the slide motor.

[Cason61]

Originally Posted by Cason61

Ok for me I had this problem too. While changing the batteries and cleaning out the compartment which also has the hydraulic pump for the slide, I came across the wire harness located there and when I moved it the wire fell out of the back of the 15 amp C/B. The wire would not go back in the plastic box to clamp it in place so I had to cut away the side and did it that way, a temp fix but the slide worked without gen. power. Later on I wired in a new plastic box for the 15amp C/B and it works even better now. Check that C/B and tug the wires in the harness laying next to the slide motor.

Oh yeah, careful where you lay that wire cause if it touches the frame then the fuse blows and you get to replace that too.

[Djmacks]

I had this problem once and found that the connector on the control box came off. My box is located in one of the storage bins under the motorhome.

[Phil Saran]

To my surprise...it was the cabin batteries. YES...they were your Cheap $90 each set of batteries. Now I know the manufacturer does not sell a $95,000 coach with cheap batteries, but this seller did! Again, another lesson well learned...go cheap, get cheap! Long story short, and after some awesome tips and $600 in rv/marine batteries... Any suggestions on routes, let me know![/QUOTE)

I sold a 2015 Thor Hurricane 34E earlier this year and last year I had to replace the “stock” house batteries with new deep cell batteries. Those ran $127 each.