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Old 12-08-2013, 12:56 PM   #1
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Question Sensor/switch not working

WE recently purchased a 1997 Holiday rambler Imperial.There are indicator lights on the dash showing when the antenna is up or the compartment doors under the slide-out are up but they don't work. I have located switches/sensors in those locations. They are about 2" long, 1/2" diameter,with 2 wires. Does anyone know what these are called and where I can buy replacements
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My antenna has a mercury tilt switch. There is nothing on my compartment doors but the same type of switch would work there.

It's really rare for them to fail, they just 2 contacts with a ball of mercury which shorts them when turned the right direction. If none of them work I would check voltage to them or ground if that is common. It just doesn't seem likely all of them failed.
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Smile mercury tilt switches

Thank you very much, they are indeed mercury tilt switches and they were not all bad, a fuse had been partially pulled out. Only one was bad.
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Ya gotta love it when it's an easy fix.
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