electrical issue
Thread Starter
|
Logistics Pro
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 3,955
Likes: 50
From: Mesa
Thanks for all the replies. I finally got time to look into a few things. I installed a charged battery and figured I would start at the plug. (easy first right?) As I was taking it apart I could hear sizzling as I moved the wire around. BINGO! I disconnected the battery and got the plug apart. All but 3 wires were loose and apart. I reattatched the wires and all seems fine. No stray voltage at the tail lights. 
Fleet Owner
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 29,941
Likes: 46
From: Drummonds, TN USA
Ha- hah!!!
"Once again we have saved the world from the forces of EVIL!!!"
* or at least, stray voltage....
You should rep RV TECH, he seems to be tireless at helping resolve issues like this. Sometimes it may seem that he and I bang our horns together like a pair of rocky mountain rams, but what is really going on is a check and balance thing with the advice we hand out.
"If THIS is true, is THAT true?" and so on...
When I can, I like to tin wire ends for connectors like that with a solder pencil, so that they are best protected and make solid connections. A wire end bent in a hook and THEN tinned helps prevent strand by strand breaking and corrosion. It also LOOKS neater
Even better is to solder wires into spade or loop connectors and use a short bit of heat shrinkable tube to seal them
Crimp type connectors and wire nuts at wire ends may be simple and fast to install, but they don't have the lasting effect of a true solder joint and solid mechanical connection.
They are also prone to water wicking, and thus - corruption
"Once again we have saved the world from the forces of EVIL!!!"
* or at least, stray voltage....
You should rep RV TECH, he seems to be tireless at helping resolve issues like this. Sometimes it may seem that he and I bang our horns together like a pair of rocky mountain rams, but what is really going on is a check and balance thing with the advice we hand out.
"If THIS is true, is THAT true?" and so on...
When I can, I like to tin wire ends for connectors like that with a solder pencil, so that they are best protected and make solid connections. A wire end bent in a hook and THEN tinned helps prevent strand by strand breaking and corrosion. It also LOOKS neater
Even better is to solder wires into spade or loop connectors and use a short bit of heat shrinkable tube to seal them
Crimp type connectors and wire nuts at wire ends may be simple and fast to install, but they don't have the lasting effect of a true solder joint and solid mechanical connection.
They are also prone to water wicking, and thus - corruption
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
