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Old 09-24-2021, 10:03 AM   #29
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Wait, the generator doesn't charge the house batteries?

I just purchased a nicely kept 1997 Dynasty 36' ("Blue Thunder", we call it ), have already replaced the House 12v cutoff solenoid, and am continuing to test/fix other gremlins as we go.

I would greatly appreciate any wiring information that you may have regarding this coach. I will PM you my email to keep it away from the search bots.
The files section has wiring diagrams for 2001 Dynasty, so that may help.
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I'm not sure if someone was stating that their generator did not charge the house batteries, but just to be sure. When working normally, the generator does charge the house batteries. There is also a small alternator on the generator that will charge the chassis battery slightly. When plugged into shore power, the chassis batteries are NOT charged. I put a trickle charger on them to maintain them.
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Old 09-25-2021, 08:38 AM   #31
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The files section has wiring diagrams for 2001 Dynasty, so that may help.
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I'm not sure if someone was stating that their generator did not charge the house batteries, but just to be sure. When working normally, the generator does charge the house batteries. There is also a small alternator on the generator that will charge the chassis battery slightly. When plugged into shore power, the chassis batteries are NOT charged. I put a trickle charger on them to maintain them.
Ah okay. I was responding to the earlier post from Cry42 "House batteries only charge when on Shore Power or with the engine running.".

I noticed a 3rd-party trickle charger mounted to the bottom of my engine compartment, now I understand why it's there (to charge the chassis batteries when plugged in to shore power).

What is the best plan for maintaining my batteries while the coach is in outdoor storage without access to power (other than the solar panel on the roof I guess)?

I'm thinking of pulling the coach battery and putting it on a maintainer in my garage on a shelf, and leaving the chassis batteries in place with the disconnect "off" in the engine compartment. But is that enough to keep them from draining over 3-6 months on non use?

I also have a 130w portable solar panel that I could connect to the chassis batteries to give them a more consistent, if weak, trickle charge.
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sorry, No idea how the best way to maintain during long storage. I have always parked mine in my driveway and used to run an extension cord to it, but I finally wired in a true 50 amp plug for it. Really nice to be able to run the AC or whatever when you are working inside or packing/unpacking. Perhaps someone else will respond.


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Old 09-26-2021, 10:42 PM   #33
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Can you PM me? We are experiencing electrical issues with our 1992 Monaco Executive.
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Old 03-06-2022, 04:50 PM   #34
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I have been full timing with the family since November 2020 on a Pandemic Adventure in a 1996 Monaco Dynasty 40'. It has been quite the adventure. I found this post while trying to research info panel replacement (tanks/battery).

I have spent a LOT of time figuring out and learning the electric in this thing. If you still have questions, please feel free to post. If yours is like mine, you are running into problems with old batteries, GFCI, Inverter/Shore relays, tripping circuits, fuses. It's all way less scary than it seems.

Otherwise, I hope you and your family are having a great adventure of your own!
I would love to pick your brain… we own a 1995 Dynasty 40’ and we’re good with most everything except the electric. We need some serious help and we are totally overwhelmed with the electric systems of this thing.
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There's a ground bus bar front firewall over genny about 8 ground wires landed on it. I'm not sure if if it has a main ground to frame or bar is grounded to firewall. More than one owner has had a bad ground there. Cleaned, check and tightened all of the up preventively. You say two dash fans is it the cab fan and heater/ AC fan dead. If heat/AC does it have high only. If so classic case of bad resistor pack/module.
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I've checked the fuses and think its something much more subtle.... a loose ground somewhere. I forgot to mention that in addition to the dash fans and horn the storage bay lights don't have power either. I poked around with this a while back and got no where... since the weather is improving, I'll take another stab at it soon. I've got some rust and corrosion going on in that front run bay. I thought about it being the solenoid? Attachment 319952
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Make sure batts are full add distilled Keep plugged in if you have charge only setting and power does drop out inverter won't slowly kill batts. OEM didn't include a way charge chassis batts either disconnect them with switch or batt cable or use maintainer , regular charger on timer, add trickle or ample start or similar dc-dc charger or many of us have upgraded to BLUESEA MTL-ACR do a search for several threads. It replaces diode batt isolator, battery combine solenoid and will become automatic bi-directional charger combiner. So it will charge your house battery from alternator or chassis battery from inverter charger.
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sorry, No idea how the best way to maintain during long storage. I have always parked mine in my driveway and used to run an extension cord to it, but I finally wired in a true 50 amp plug for it. Really nice to be able to run the AC or whatever when you are working inside or packing/unpacking. Perhaps someone else will respond.


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Now that the weather is warming up and I have a NASCAR race to go to in April, I'll be focusing on this again. I will try cleaning the grounds and making sure they are all tight. That is the most likely source, just a difficult one to track down.
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JimWW if your still working through issues , not to be rude but you should start your own post now. It's winter and been understandable big gap in shared thread working out as brainstorming session that might benefit both parties. If someone goes back to original post they are lost "I was". You can copy up some posts and replies. Include short precise title or its cut off. Issue/s your having and what you've tried. If posters never do the tests suggested "troubleshooting" and get back or explain if they didn't/can't get to it, couldn't or possibly don't understand or can't find components ect. then members helping will ditch a thread.
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Does anyone out there have a wiring diagram for a 2001 MONACO DYNASTY, not new to RVing this my 2nd coach and since it’s used I’m having some wiring issues that I can’t address without it. Tried to contact Monaco but that was a waste of time.

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First you should of just your own new post . Nobody has made a comment on this one in three weeks lol. Do a member search for CountryB any post at bottom has a link that he generously shares tons of files with us. There's diagrams , owners manuals. and surprising handy brochures , a lot of great stuff.
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Does anyone out there have a wiring diagram for a 2001 MONACO DYNASTY, not new to RVing this my 2nd coach and since it’s used I’m having some wiring issues that I can’t address without it. Tried to contact Monaco but that was a waste of time.

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Go to the Files section above and do a search on Dynasty. There is a 2001 wiring diagram file which you can download.
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Does anyone out there have a wiring diagram for a 2001 MONACO DYNASTY, not new to RVing this my 2nd coach and since it’s used I’m having some wiring issues that I can’t address without it. Tried to contact Monaco but that was a waste of time.

Thanks Jim

Welcome to the forum: I know you have been given suggestions to start a new thread and where to find the file but as a newby it might be difficult for you to navigate so here is a file that might help.

The file is too large to attach so you will need to download it from OneDrive.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aqrv2TUdbV6xvVte...Z-8Xd?e=xI4kgd
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