I have a 96 Southwind and was on my way back from a great vacation in Saint Augustine,Fl when on that gravel road called I-16 between Savannah and Macon, when very breifly, everything died, radio, gauges,speedometer,odometer. I said ut-oh, the rough road jarred something loose. I drove another 10 or so miles, hit more bumpy road, nothing happened, then about 5 miles later everthing died again, but this time it did not come back up. Pulled over and popped the hood and found the battery cable to the generator had rubbed the metal support post behind the battery so much that it shorted out and smoking. Pulled it away from the post and taped it up, then tied it back away from the post. Everything was back up except now the alternator no longer was charging. About 300 miles from home, and the likelyhood of finding a medium duty truck alternator was slim (which it may have been a fusible link blown too) I then remembered that I have the converter that was run by the generator, cranked it up, battery voltage went back up, and was able to drive home using the generator. I bought the coach used, so I don't know if the cable was run that way by the factory, or if somebody had changed the battery failing to secure it, but it will pay to check the cable for damage or improper routing if you have the batteries changed. Luckily I found the problem before it became some thing real major.
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