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Electrical Issue
#1

When I turn out my headlights or travel lights on the voltage meter goes down and the temperature gauge on the generator goes up.  Is there an electrical silinoid that could be bad or is it a ground problem? Any advice would help.

Thanks,
Jerry
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#2

Jerry,

What vintage coach do you have? Are you looking at the Voltage meter on the dash?

bill

Bill Johnson
Birmingham, Alabama
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#3

Check and clean your ground wires, see if that helps.

Steve Magown
Calhoun, LA
2001 Prevost H3 Vantare
formerly Newell #458
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#4

jerry has a 1996 38 ft

tom

2002 45'8" Newell Coach 608  Series 60 DDEC4/Allison World 6 Speed HD4000MH

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#5

Grounds. Newell daisy chained the grounds for the instruments. May be tough to find the culprit junction. Run a new ground from the flaky instrument to the chassis and let us know what happens.

Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home Cool )
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#6

i ran a number of dedicated grounds to the dash to fix various gremlins.

it will likely be as richard said

tom

2002 45'8" Newell Coach 608  Series 60 DDEC4/Allison World 6 Speed HD4000MH

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#7

Thanks for the advice. So you think it's not in the light switch or power to the lights, but a bad ground to the instrument gauges? Looks like I just pull off the access in the dash and start messing around?
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#8

I had similar problems on 744.

Newell added independent ground wires to certain gauges. Not fun but it corrected the issue.

Good luck.

Kristi & Jeff King
Bentonville, Arkansas
#744 2005 45’ Newell Coach 
ZF Suspension/Active Steering Tag Axle
CAT-13 ACERT KCB Engine 525HP 1642 ftlbs Torque Cat Compound Turbocharger 43.5 psi
Allison HD4000MH Transmission with PTO drive.
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#9

Thanks for the advice, really appreciate.
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