New (to me) P30 questions

[airbrushguy]

I just upgraded to a 97 southwind storm from a 90 winnebago with an F53 chassis. While my Ford Chassis had switches to allow me to charge house batteries off the alternator, the GM chassis does not. So in the event the house batteries go dead and will not start the genset, how am I supposed to get charge to them without plugging in?

Also, does anyone know what converter was installed in this chassis as I would really like to install a 3 stage charger to take better care of the batteries.

Where do I put the air into the front airbags?

Engine wise, the 454 seems to be running rich and has a miss in it. I have a full tune up planned for this weekend, does anyone have any input to where the trouble areas of the gm drivetrain are? It appears to be MPI, not TBI.

[George Schweikle]

Your GM coach builder may have installed a battery isolator, like in my TREK. This allows the engine generator to charge the coach batteries but keeps the coach electrical load from discharging the engine starting battery. Also, there is probably a momentary boost switch that connects the engine battery to the coach circuit.

Unless the previous owner added extensions, you need to crawl underneath to add or check air in the bags. They have Schrader valves as on a regular tire.

Originally Posted by airbrushguy

I just upgraded to a 97 southwind storm from a 90 winnebago with an F53 chassis. While my Ford Chassis had switches to allow me to charge house batteries off the alternator, the GM chassis does not. So in the event the house batteries go dead and will not start the genset, how am I supposed to get charge to them without plugging in?

Also, does anyone know what converter was installed in this chassis as I would really like to install a 3 stage charger to take better care of the batteries.

Where do I put the air into the front airbags?

Engine wise, the 454 seems to be running rich and has a miss in it. I have a full tune up planned for this weekend, does anyone have any input to where the trouble areas of the gm drivetrain are? It appears to be MPI, not TBI.

[Dave78Chief]

Many Fleetwood products have a Battery Control Center (BCC) under the front hood. Typically the BCC is a intellitec product. Given the operators manual for your rig says your alternator charges both chassis and coach batteries, I suspect you have a BCC that controls the charging feature. The BCC is an automatic version of the manual switches you used on the Winnebago to switch the mode solenoid. That is also the same solenoid your Aux Start switch operates.

With the rig unpluged from shorepower, check the house battery voltage with the engine running to see if is around 14.2 VDC. If so, then the BCC is energizing the mode solenoid to charge the house battery with engine running.

BTW, questions of this nature are best asked in the Fleetwood Forum http://www.irv2.com/forums/f107/

Dave

[airbrushguy]

Thanks, I was debating which forum to put it in.
I guess my question is whether or not that BCC is an intelligent charger or do I need to replace it to keep my batteries from cooking.