Hey, Monaco owners, I need an answer??

[billsmax]

I've been home about a week with my new Signature and last night I realized that there is a light on at night on my coach exterior and can't find out how to turn it off????
It is an oblong, orange light that actually looks like a reflector on the side of the coach, just in front of the back tire. The light is so faint in the daytime that you don't notice it but at night it is very noticeable.
PLEASE some one tell me how to turn this off. I can't find it in the book anywhere.

[BigSkyBob]

If this is an amber clearance light, that are generally just ahead of the rear wheels, it should not be on. They come on with the parking/headlights so it should go off with those. But I'm speaking of my 08 Camelot so your coach may vary.

[Pusherpilot]

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Originally Posted by billsmax I've been home about a week with my new Signature and last night I realized that there is a light on at night on my coach exterior and can't find out how to turn it off???? It is an oblong, orange light that actually looks like a reflector on the side of the coach, just in front of the back tire. The light is so faint in the daytime that you don't notice it but at night it is very noticeable. PLEASE some one tell me how to turn this off. I can't find it in the book anywhere.

If none of the other clearance lites are on it is probably a high resistance short to a 12v source in the wiring to that lamp only. Is that the only one that is affected? Does it come on with the rest of them when you turn the headlights on? I'm trying to imagine the conditions for this to occur and it's pretty remote. If that lamp doesn't come on with the rest I'd say a high resistance short to a power source and the siring to that lamp from its intended source of power is open.
Ron

[billsmax]

Yes, it is the amber clearance light and this light on both sides stays on all the time but dimmer than when parking lights are turned on. With parking lights on, both of these lights are much brighter??

[Pusherpilot]

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Originally Posted by billsmax Yes, it is the amber clearance light and this light on both sides stays on all the time but dimmer than when parking lights are turned on. With parking lights on, both of these lights are much brighter??

In your electrical bay, where the battery cutoff switches are, first turn the chassis switch to off and check the lite. Then turn the chassis switch back on and do the same with the house switch. Another thing you might try is to unplug the coach from any a/c power source then, at the inverter control panel, shut the inverter off so it isn't making any a/c power, then check the lite. I'm really curious as to where the power is coming from and what its value is. This will only tell you what's providing the source for power, not why it's doing it.
Ron

[lonestarace]

We have a 98 DutchStar that does that on both sides when an interior ceiling lite is turned on? When interior lite is turned off, they go off. They work normally otherwise.

[billsmax]

pusherpilot,

I tried all you mentioned but the only way the 2 lights would turn off was to turn off the battery cutoff at the battery bay.
I thought maybe it was indicating something was turned on inside and found a fantastic fan that was not all the way closed and humming, I manually finished closing the fan and the humming stopped.....hoped that was it but it wasn't.
??????

[Pusherpilot]

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Originally Posted by billsmax pusherpilot, I tried all you mentioned but the only way the 2 lights would turn off was to turn off the battery cutoff at the battery bay. I thought maybe it was indicating something was turned on inside and found a fantastic fan that was not all the way closed and humming, I manually finished closing the fan and the humming stopped.....hoped that was it but it wasn't. ??????

Which battery cutoff switch? House or chassis?
Ron

[billsmax]

I had a Lazy Days service tech call me today and confirm that this light is a problem that will require a visit to the service bay.
Thanks for all your help

[Pusherpilot]

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Originally Posted by billsmax I had a Lazy Days service tech call me today and confirm that this light is a problem that will require a visit to the service bay. Thanks for all your help

When it is resolved please let us know what it was!
Ron

[billsmax]

Ron,
Will do but I may wait until I get back to Lazy Days next Jan before doing anything with it. Right now I don't think it's really causing me any problem unless I plan to be without shore power for weeks. Then I'll just turn off battery switch.

[nodine]

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Originally Posted by billsmax Ron, Will do but I may wait until I get back to Lazy Days next Jan before doing anything with it. Right now I don't think it's really causing me any problem unless I plan to be without shore power for weeks. Then I'll just turn off battery switch.

My guess, and only a guess, that this is a problem that has been with the coach since it was manufactured. You could start pulling fuses to try and locate which circuit the lights are receiving a reduced voltage from. Since they are dim when the running lights are turned off I suspect they have somehow been shorted or wired in series with some other circuit or device.

Bob

[billsmax]

I think you're probably right and I have a feeling it will take lots of time to track it down. That's why I'm going to try and wait until I go back to Lazy Days in Jan, to have my 30day warranty items repaired. I've reported it to them and they have it on their list to take care of it when I get there.

[Pusherpilot]

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Originally Posted by billsmax I think you're probably right and I have a feeling it will take lots of time to track it down. That's why I'm going to try and wait until I go back to Lazy Days in Jan, to have my 30day warranty items repaired. I've reported it to them and they have it on their list to take care of it when I get there.

You dodged a big bullet. It is covered on warranty and these things can take days to find!!
Ron