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man this is a helpful video! thank you so very much! Just had Armature in Little Rock, AR rebuild my very uncommon Altenator and the batteries are still losing power when I run my air. I'm hoping the isolator is the problem as a very experienced mechanic mentioned the isolator or the altenator being at fault. I've never heard of an isolator and I could find no other video on how to replace it. Thank you so much for taking the time to post this. Godspeed R N D!!!

@RufusNDufus

8 жыл бұрын

+TROUBA DUO Hope that replacing the solenoid works for you.

some coaches use " latching" solenoids and I learned this from a tutorial listed to the side of this one in other videos to watch section about latching solenoids which I was not familiar with. I found out these solenoid when working properly use power to turn them on and off that does not have to be continuous. Once activated they don't require power to remain activated - - but once they get another hit of power they activate the other way and close thus not conducting. The guy doing the tutorial did an awesome job of explaining and showing with a meter how they work. My coach has two of those latching solenoids both attached to the isolator solenoid this gentleman just replaced on either side. I had a roadside issue that I used one of my marker lights by snipping the wires and removing it giving me a test light to check where I was losing power to my chassis circuits. In the end to get me home I used battery jumper cables attaching one end to a hot lead wire to the starter solenoid and the other to the hot ( + ) side of the battery then crawling under and with the ignition key on using a screwdriver I manually kicked the starter over to get it running. Turns out one of the latching solenoids wasn't functioning so you would hear it click but it did not remain on. This was on a coach I just bought and even as an old and very experienced mechanic I am learning a whole new technology but one thing I advise all RV owners make sure your terminals and grounds are solid and rust free or you are asking for issues to pop up - - hope this keeps someone else from 5 hours on the ground at a gas station trouble shooting an electrical gremlin before you can get back on the road

@RufusNDufus

7 жыл бұрын

Great post! Thank you!

Thanks so much! I have a 1994 Pace Arrow 34' with an Intellitec control center. Little bit bigger than what you showed, but I've been messing around with the relays/solenoids. There are actually five of them in there. Exposed though. Much easier to service, but quite the education process trying to understand and troubleshoot my intermittent problem. Thanks so much again for the education and showing doing the process of changing the part over.

Outstanding, clear and concise.

It sure is a blessing to be able to fix things yourself instead of having to take it to a mechanic. You're saving tons of money! Nice and informative video, Chico. Thanks for sharing with us.

@RufusNDufus

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the thumbs up. I have been lucky so far!

@jeremoe1

9 жыл бұрын

Rufus N Dufus You're going to be fine, I just know it. You have a lot of patience, and that's another blessing. Your dream will come through.

@RufusNDufus

9 жыл бұрын

Najja Foluke Thank you for your support!

Love watching your videos.. My girlfriend said your her new You Tube grandpa lol Glad things are working out for you :) Hope all is well

@RufusNDufus

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Your girlfriend has excellent taste!! :)

miss you Chico R.I.P.

Chico, question. I don't want alt charging my lithium coach batterys so I took out 5amp fuse that allowed both batterys to charge. Now on shore power I charge lithium battery and not chassis battery. Chassis battery is charged by alt. Can I take the converter charger 14v feed off battery isolater disconnect and directly charge the lithiums ?

THANKS MAN!!!! My 93 Monaco is eating alternators,,,,,,,,,,it dead shorts and starts on fire.......your vid was very helpful

You hit it right on the mark for me...I've been having the same problem....I have two differences...1) Sometimes it charges the coach batteries and sometimes it doesn't. 2) When I run my generator, often times it surges for 15-20 seconds...Would this surge cause harm to the solenoid or would a bad solenoid cause it to surge? It seems I need to start by changing the solenoid....Your video will allow me to give it a shot.

Good job Chico... Those boxes look pretty intimidating but you broke it down to its simple operation. What looks like Chinese Arithmetic is really quite simple. Again...these things sit around 90 % of the time and that is the cause of most of these ills. My bus Is the same, there is always something not working the way it should...so you get to be a mobile handyman...you actually have to be unless you have lots and lots of money. Cheers; Steve

@RufusNDufus

9 жыл бұрын

1pilotsteve You know what they say about eating an elephant, "One bite at a time". By the way, you are so right about the money thing! :)

I had a problem with my "coach" rocker switch by the entry door today. It was on for 200 miles and by the time I got home, after I filled up the tank 50 miles prior to getting when it was on, it was not lit nor was anything in the MH working. I would assume I would need to replace the solenoid that you didn't have to replace, correct?

The Intellitec guys ought to send you some freebes you keep giving them free advertising... I hope to get my RV soon.. Things your doing will undoubtedly help me. Thanks

@RufusNDufus

9 жыл бұрын

Hi William, where are you from? Are you planning on going full time? What type of RV are you planning on getting? Thanks for watching!

@billpeacock3532

9 жыл бұрын

Rufus N Dufus I'm up north in Lake City, Fl. I haven't got it yet, but I hope to get a 28' class C it's kinda old but the bones look good. I've been watching RV education 101 with Mark Polk trying to learn the things I need, so between you, him and Chad, I've been getting an education.

@RufusNDufus

9 жыл бұрын

I wish you the best of luck with your adventure!

You know Chico, that battery isolator is way to complicated! When living on my sailboat all I had was a marine switch for batt#1' batt#2' and both. Of course I had to remember to switch it to both when using the engine and again remember to switch it off when I shut down! Simple is generally good when it comes to electricity! Bill

i got a solenoid getting really hot and my chassis batteries are dying fast any help would be great

great clip! questions for you: while the alternator is charging the house battery(via solenoid), will it avoid overcharging? 2nd, if you just happen to have a solar charge controller attached to the house battery as well, is there any concern? or confliction? thanks

Good job! great informative video sir

@RufusNDufus

7 жыл бұрын

Retired Tony Ramirez thank you! I'm glad that you found it useful.

Cool beans, enjoy the lifestyle and swing by Salt Lake in Utah, beautiful surroundings, year round with the mountains and the occaisional waterfall. Went on vacation there in 2006, want to go back and enjoy it again! Gotta get my RV first, thought.

@HowsItRate

9 жыл бұрын

Wow, sound great! Do you have any specific places in mind? Would love to know. :) Chico

@amdfanatic86

9 жыл бұрын

Bear Lake, Alpine Loop, Colorado River, and Big Cottonwood Canyon come to mind, that's just what you can see from and quickly get to from the highway.

@amdfanatic86

9 жыл бұрын

Many more that I don't know about yet, don't want to do the research because I like the surprise of finding them while I'm about!

@amdfanatic86

9 жыл бұрын

How's It Rate? There is also Gremlin Canyon, kinda cool to see. Enjoy, I know I did, Except for Gremlin, in my defense it was night when I first got there.

@HowsItRate

9 жыл бұрын

amdfanatic86 Thank you!

I AM LOOKING AT BUYING A 1993 GULF STREAM MOTORHOME. THE CHASSIS BATTERY SEEMS TO DRAIN WHEN JUST SITTING WITH NO SHORE POWER.DID YOUR SOLENOID REPLACEMENT DO THE TRICK AFTER DRAINING THE COACH BATTERIES?

I just put a “Stinger” battery isolator on my cargo van. I think it might not work because I’m still a mere 12.6V on my house (auxiliary) bank. Do you think I should switch it for the continuous duty solenoid (like you installed)? What brand is your solenoid device? Thanks-Vtown Paddy Patrick

thank you. much appreciated.

@RufusNDufus

9 жыл бұрын

No problem, thank you for watching!

this is one of the best videos I've watched thank you so much..."100,000,000,000,000 LIKE'S..." and i subscribed

Wow! What a great tutorial. You must have been a Trade School instructor. If not, you certainly have that talent. I am probably having the same problem on our 2004 Damon MH. Can you / anyone tell me how much these devices costs? Are they available at a local auto store, e.g. O'Reilys? Or, will I have to special order from Workhorse or Intellitech? Thanks for producing this video for the public Mr. Rufus.

to the confusion which is very common between relays and solenoids. A relay and solenoid basically operate the same only that a solenoid has a much higher current rating (and larger terminals) on the switched side as well as the "coil side" than the lower current relay contacts. Also a relay because the switched contacts are light duty the switch leaves are bent when activated (or deactivated)and return under their own "spring"back" whereas a solenoid has spring loaded switch contact "leaves"because they are much heavier material, and because of the higher current (and sometimes voltage) the switch leaves must be further apart so they must be "sprung back" in place unlike a relay. So for most cases a relay and a solenoid function practically the same a low voltage is used in a relay to switch a higher voltage and amperage (power) but a solenoid uses a low voltage and amperage to switch a much higher amperage (and sometimes voltage and amperage= higher power) also most solenoids commonly in use in consumer products have a limited number of secondary contacts usually only 2 secondary (non coil contacts) but relays come in a staggering variety of secondary contacts some N.O. normally open and some normally closed (NC.) there are even many relays that have multiple NO. and NC contacts so some very complicated switching options are available for low power applications.Also relays can be multi- pole and multi throws meaning that there can be many output contacts on a relay or just 2. I am not sure how many can be on a solenoid but due to the high amount of power running thru I can only surmise they are limited by heat dissipation, packaging size,etc.Solenoids are used more in heavy industrial or environments that are harsh to electronics whereas relays are used in lots of different environments.

Wow, well done. You should be sure to send a link to your video to the charge controller maker guys.

@RufusNDufus

9 жыл бұрын

Aprille Shepherd You are making me blush!!

Great video. Question: I have a battery isolation solenoid on my TOAD vehicle and when I switch it OFF I get 5 volts on the + side. Does this mean the solenoid is bad?

Thanks for the video.I have a Bounder that is not charging the house batteries while the engine is running.The Solar panels charge well.The converter/charger works well with generator or shore power. I believe I have same problem as you. My question is: What amperage rating did you get? There are different ones on Amazon.Some are rated at 80 amps,some say nothing. Does yours have a rating or is it just generic? Thanks again. Regards, Stan

I will look back through my note and see if I still have the info and send it to you :) I kept the original one thinking I would send it off to get fixed for a back up seeing that they don't make that exact one any more.

@RufusNDufus

9 жыл бұрын

That would be great! Hope you find the info! Thank you for your help!

No problem .

running into the same problem with a 98 gulf stream sun voyager. I have an Intellitac Isolator relay delay diesel. I think I had a bad solenoid between battery banks. Replacing that. I also took my chassis batteries to have them tested. Both were bad. So I bought new batteries. Let you know.

@RufusNDufus

9 жыл бұрын

+avianphlu5397 I also had a bad circuit board that ended up ruining the solenoid.

great video, I have to same problem, chassis battery not charging

Enjoyed your video and really respect your brain fart notation as not all of us admit to them . haha. Thank you for info

having a magnetic screwdriver tip sure helps to keep screws from falling into oblivion! I use and old speaker magnet to magnetize screwdrivers and tips.

I just did this this morning . put it all back together, hooked up batteries, went back to front to put cover on and i was getting smoke out of the top left of the board. To the right of the 9 wire plug, small black 3 prong circuit was starting to melt. disconnected batteries unplugged everything, took board off and the Silver solenoid up top was hot as hell! Wonder if THAT didn't cause all my disconnect issues to start with which blew my BD solenoid. Now have to find out if this silver one is bad.

@RufusNDufus

7 жыл бұрын

enterprise59 I'm not sure what to think about that. Have you spoken to anybody at the manufacturers. sounds like something is very very wrong in order for it to smoke like that. I'm wondering if something might be wired wrong. I wish I could be of more help.

@enterprise59

7 жыл бұрын

I think I isolated part of the problem. I had to rebuild one of the wires coming from the "isolator" solenoid (one you show in your vid). It was my disconnect switch solenoid that really needed replacing, I did that this morning. Then as I turn it all on, thats when I noticed smoke which was caused by the wire. On top of that, that solenoid YOU replaced on your vid, got very HOT. Thought that may of been bad as well so replaced that one too. Tested again, no smoke (good thing), but the isolator solenoid got hot again. Not sure if it's suppose too or what.

@RufusNDufus

7 жыл бұрын

enterprise59 a quick phone call to the manufacturer would probably save you a lot of trouble. I had to call once so there's nothing wrong with having to do that.

So did that fix the problem of the starting battery draining .

@RufusNDufus

9 жыл бұрын

It fixed 90% of the problem, but the Isolator solenoid is still not disengaging. I am waiting for diagrams to pin point the problem on the circuit board. At the moment I suspect a relay on the booard that is soldered in. If I can find a replacement I will replace it. Other wise I have to replace the board and it is not cheap!

Please Mr Dufus need your knowledge experience I have a 1982 Ford Tioga v8 just won't start but if I put some gas into the carburetor will turn on while burns the little gas I inserted in carburator please advice I replace all fuel filters, technical fuel pump and is the same cranks but don't turns on please advised its been tow 3 times by police I'm homeless temporary but willing to help.. Please reply asoonasyoucan please Juan Cervantes

Your brain fart comment cracked me up. Made my day.

Which one's Dufus??? ;) Never mind I see Dufus appears @ 20:10 Great Vid Rufus....nice shirt ;)

Out wit hate multi-meter, Rufus. I had a problem on my Roadtrek 200 Popular soon after I bought it where the vehicle batter would not charge. So as a get-me-to-the-chuch-on-time measure, I started the generator, connected a battery charger to the vehicle battery with my jump start leads, and drove to the dealer, nearly 50 miles. He said it was a battery isolator problem. Now my house battery no longer charges when the engine is running. I just wonder (and I'm about to find out) if the mechanic simply bypassed the isolator! (Do I trust them, not a lot! :-) )

@RufusNDufus

9 жыл бұрын

saxpilot1950 He did something wrong for sure. Mine had a bad solenoid and a bad board. Doubt if that is what is going on with yours. Could he really think you would not notice if he bypassed the relay? If so get away from him fast! :)

Not cheep is right but for me they didn't make my board any more but was able to find one . I was told there was a place in Florida that can fix them if you send it to them .

@RufusNDufus

9 жыл бұрын

I wonder where they are located? Do you have a clue?

Hi Chico, I consider myself handy with my hands but I am really out of my depth with this sort of project, sir I take my hat off to you. I hope that this cures your problem. At some point would it be possible to let us know what sort of money you have laid out bringing Gus up to scratch?

@RufusNDufus

9 жыл бұрын

arnold harrington Thanks for the compliment Arnold. I have not added every thing up yet but it is under $900.00. Before I go on the road I will do a video of what I did explaining the things that I did and weather it was a necessary repair or an upgrade. I will also tally up the expense of each individual project. Thanks for suggesting the idea. Chico

You missed replacing a screw. Camera angle shows it but your angle of view is blocked by wires. Might be critical as in has a connection ring.

I never see 14volts anywhere When I push the button on the dash the batteries never go above 12.4

I have the same system as you have. each time I went to disconnect the house batteries, It would blow the 5amp fuse and disable the disconnect. RV dealer told me the Solenoid was bad. Not sure which one he was referring too tho as you show you have 2. Anyways, they want $484 to fix it!.. I can buy the solenoid for 50 bucks on amazon and do it my self.

@RufusNDufus

7 жыл бұрын

enterprise59 it may not be as simple as just changing the solenoids. There may be something else wrong in the circuitry of the battery control center.

No probs have a good day.

I like how you don't cut out your brain farts. lol. Makes you seem human.

Jim

i'm sooooooo confused..................i'll just take it to the shop.

@RufusNDufus

9 жыл бұрын

SKPjoe Coursegold Me too!!

what ever the specs, if you ain't getting them bypass or replace. I know you know this but for other amateurs like me out there, start replacing parts or bring to the shop. You don't need to know why.

@RufusNDufus

9 жыл бұрын

After years as a Tech Rep For Eastman Kodak I need to now why! Also I just do not have it in me to bypass any thing, am driven to make it work as it was designed to work. However replacing parts is an option when other efforts do not work. That is just me though. Some times the shop is the only option if one does not have the proper tools or environment to do the job. In my case diagnosing the fuel pump problem was correct, however I did not have the proper environment to do the job, mud, grass and clearance, so off to the shop I went with my fuel sender in hand.

@tjdell480

9 жыл бұрын

Well you sure seem to know what you're doing.The average guy can fix lots of things on an RV but they should avoid things like the charging system if they don't know what they're doing. I enjoy your videos and look forward to many more.

@RufusNDufus

9 жыл бұрын

tjdell480 Thanks for the thumbs up! I appreciate your comments and thoughts! Chico

You keep calling it a relay because it is one.

man, this is hard to listen to... too much confusion over terms... very confusing!!

Battery control center, whoa. Have to assume you where a career government type of some sort. What mumbo jumbo verbage LMAO

Appreciate you White Man!