Sunday, March 26, 2017

FUSES!!!

So we're on our second trip.  A short overnighter to Caddo National Grasslands near Ladonia, Texas.  Dry camping.   Get ready to pull up stakes the next morning and the stabilizers won't retract.  GAH!!!   Get out the hand cranks and raise them up.  It takes about a minute for each set of jacks.  All good.

Get home and look for blown fuse.  Hmm.. they all look good!  Get out the meter and ohm them all out.  Yep, they're good.  Go online and spend hours Googling the problem.  Nothing definitive. Call the dealer.  Service dept is out till Monday.

Monday morning.  Call the service dept (Fun Town RV Cleburne, Texas).   Service guy was very friendly and gave me some things to look for.   Crawled under the RV.  Nothing.   Not upset, cuz they have so many different RVs to tend to they can't remember everything.

Go online and get Forest River phone number.  Call and leave a message for their service department.  Spend a couple of days Googling the problem.   I wish I could remember where I got the information from (this was back in December 2016), but is was just a simple posting that described where the fuse was located.  BEHIND the fusebox below the oven.  Say whut????

So I pull out pull out the bottom drawer:




Need to push the latch up on both sides to disengage.


Pull the drawer out completely:


There's the rascal, just like the guy said!

Ordered a 20 amp auto resetting fuse.  This fuse won't blow like a regular fuse.  It will just open up, and when it cools off it will close again.  Perfect solution for this problem!!!   Ordered it from Amazon.  It's a Bussman fuse.   Was a LITTLE difficult installing it, but it works perfectly!!!

So if you looking for ANYTHING that deals with the Lippert remote systems, you'll find the fuses in your 241 underneath the oven, accessible from the bottom drawer next to the oven.

And oh yeah... if the switches won't work on the outside, try the Lippert Remote control.  I didn't realize till later that they are on different fuses than the outside switches.  Sigh...

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