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06-16-2008
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Power Tech Melts Wiring
We were traveling from Surfside, SC to Charleston SC running the generator and air conditioners. The Generator shut down about 15 miles from Charleston, after reaching the campground, inspection showed the cooling fan motor wiring harness was completly melted. I thought the motor had locked up and the wiring had burnt up, but the motor and fan spin freely. I am thinking of replacing the wiring and see what happens. The wires show signs of being repaired before with inline crimp butt connectors. I'm open for suggestions.
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 Charlie & Aura Shannon Saint Albans, West Virginia 1993 40' WLWB 
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06-16-2008
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Poor connections can generate a lot of heat, however I would check things throrughly before trying to run the motor. It would be a shame to damage the gennie or other wireing for a test run.
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 Gardner Yeaw86 PT-36 Golden Memories (sold) 83FC35 SB $IXTEEN TON$ SOLD 78 FC 33 Happinest (Sold) Ridgewood, New Jersey
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06-16-2008
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I have a wiring diagram for the Power Tec cooling fan motor if you need it. Mine is 15kw, I suspect most are the same for the cooling fan.
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Leroy Eckert Dahlonega, GA Former "Smoke N Mirrors" caretaker
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06-17-2008
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on a trip to the races in utah we were caravaning with another bird,his gennie would run for an hour and then overheat and shut down,by the time we stopped and checked it out the fan would run fine,and so would the genny.
we chased this problem all day going across texas in 100 degree temps. during a fuel stop the genny was running and the fan working,while we were standing next to the coach the fan stopped,the bearings in the motor were locking up and making the engine overheat. after the fan motor cooled down for less than 5 minutes it worked fine.. we replaced the fan motor and fixed the problem. Randy
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DO NOT SEND PM email me at randy@randydupree.com only. Randy Dupree 2000 LXI 43 Bainbridge,Ga. Port St Joe Fl. www.buybyebluebird.com randy@randydupree.com
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06-17-2008
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Charlie, When we changed my FC genset fan over to a downdraft, we just took the part numbers off of Randy's fan assembly and ordered those, take a look at this picture on my web site and see if this similar to yours.  http://www.pbase.com/iamflagman/image/52361799
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 JOHN FINN FORUM MODERATOR-ADMINISTRATOR 1982 FC35RB I'm NO EXPERT, but I did stay in the FINN'S INN EXPRESS last night HOPKINS, SOUTH CAROLINA VISIT THE FINN'S INN EXPRESS REMODELING ADVENTURE AND TECH. TIPS I'M SO SLOW ON THE HILLS,THAT I GET TO SMELL THE FLOWERS AS I GO BY.....AND WATCH THEM GROW TOO!! NOT SO MUCH ANYMORE   Visit the WILD HARE RACING website REMEMBER 9/11
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06-18-2008
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Leroy,
On the Fan Drawing does it show a fuse or breaker for the power to the fan (L-1 and L-3 on mine) , with my volt meter connected to these leads I only show 3 volts but the coach is showing full power with the generator running Thanks.
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Charlie & Aura Shannon Saint Albans, West Virginia 1993 40' WLWB
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