Fuses

[hrhuggie]

Shortly after purchasing our Alpine the retractable cord reel stopped working. I figure it is nothing more than a fuse but I will be darned if I can find it. Anyone have any information on where the fuse is located?

Hugh and Cyndi
Banning CA
2007 Alpine 40FDQS
1999 Chevy Tracker

[hrhuggie]

Shortly after purchasing our Alpine the retractable cord reel stopped working. I figure it is nothing more than a fuse but I will be darned if I can find it. Anyone have any information on where the fuse is located?

Hugh and Cyndi
Banning CA
2007 Alpine 40FDQS
1999 Chevy Tracker

[gjstacy]

Hi Hugh,

Obviously, you already have your SE. On our 2004, there are fuses under the main bathroom sink, and then there are more electronics behind the panel in front of the passenger seat. John seems to remember seeing on the SE a panel low on the wall opposite the main bathroom sink that had some electronics. Don't know if this will help...maybe someone that already has an SE will see your inquiry.

Sorry we don't already have ours so we can be of more help.

[Basil Shannon]

Greetings from Douglas, Georgia,

Hugh, I assume your 2007 SE is like my 2006 Apex. You will find a fuse panel behind the door in the service bay where the inverter is.
It has a 20 amp fuse. If that fuse is good, check the water hose reel fuse. The connections on the fuse block were reversed on my coach.

The fuse blows when the limit switch doesn't work when you retract the cord and the motor keeps on grinding until it blows the fuse. There is also a limit switch when you reach the end of the cord when extending. My limit switches work but I keep my hand on the operating switch and turn it off manually just in case.

[Ted III]

As a suggestion to everyone, limit switches are a safety feature and they are not to be used as an automatic shut-off. There purpose is to assure that we have not neglected to turn whatever off. They should not be used as a continual shut-off. They are a safety feature and we should accept them as just that.

[hrhuggie]

Thanks to all for the suggestions.

Gail and John, I remember looking in the panel under the bathroom sink and dont remember seeing any fuses in that area but I will go back and check and will also check the panel in front of the passenger seat. You will LOVE your new 2007 40FDQS... I know... we do!

Basil, I know I did not check in the area where the inverter is... I will check there too. I didnt run into a problem because of the limit switch... the fuse (I assume) blew when the cord was still out about 8 feet. Had to manually retract the cord.

[EngineerMike]

I had the same problem. OEM installed fuse was 15A, Glendinning calls for 20. I think the motor sometimes strains (pulling extra amps) when the cord is dragging or binding. On our rig the 12V GM-type blade fuse block is behind a cabinet "door" in the potty room; no doubt different location on yours.

[hrhuggie]

sorry about being slow to post back... got busy with (ugh) work and couldn't check. I finally got a chance to look and found that the fuse is located in the hall electrical center in front of the bathroom door. It was mislabled but I did find it and the Glendinning is working again. EMike, it did have a 15 amp in, thanks for the info on 20.

[gjstacy]

Hugh,

I'm glad you let us know how you fixed your problem...thanks! We will add this to our PDI next month to ensure that we have a 20 fuse in the right place! Hopefully, they will properly label the fuse for the reel, or at least someone at Camp WRV will know where it is.

Are you going to join us at our SoCal rally in Las Vegas from February 16 - 18? If yes, we'll be able to compare notes on our new SEs.

Safe Travels!