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Subject: Re: electrical short? Author: Bob Dilks [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 09/ 6/ 01, 12:11pm In reply to: Tom Ray 's message, "electrical short?" on 09/ 4/ 01, 3:43pm Tom: As to the phone and cb working while "turned off", that has to be covered by the paranormal. Obviously you were visited by the spirits of South Texas. The rest is explainable. During the night someone accidentally hit the Security Light switch (generally located in the bedroom) which turns on the halogen backup lights, landing lights and front driving lights. This explains why these lights were "on" while their dash switches were "off". Next, your chargers were hot as pistols because they have degraded over time and could keep up with the relentless DC demand. Chargers are really converters first and chargers second. What this means is that they convert AC to DC first to meet the DC demand and then if there is any current left over, they charge the batteries. In your case, the chargers could not meet the DC demand which resulted in the third aspect, which was the DC demand drained the batteries to the point they were depleted. By disconnecting the relays which were excited by the signal from the Security Light switch, you in effect "turned off" the Security Light switch by eliminating the signal at the relay. You still need to find the switch in the bedroom dash and toggle it "off". [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: electrical short? Author: Tom Ray [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09/ 6/ 01, 1:17pm Thanks for your reply Bob, After finding the security lights/docking lights glowing, the first thing I looked at was the bedroom switch. It was off. You have given me an idea though ------- the bedroom switch could be fried and making continuous contact. Would that be great, or what?!! Thanks for the input, I'll check it out and advise. Tom [ Post a Reply to This Message ]