[Happyasaclam]

Hello All:
  My name is Peter Smith and this is my first post.
  I have been eyeballing classic Newells for years and just now have purchased an ‘89 Widebody with 29K miles. #209 Flew out to Portland Oregon and drove her home to Massachusetts. 2380 hours on the generator and beautifully maintained and updated. The previous owner went top of the line with everything he did from installing the whole Victron management system to Recaro seats.
 Anyway I have for the moment one question. In the bathroom are three light switches and a gfi outlet in a row and one of the switches has a red light that comes on above it as I hear an electronic switch of some kind activating. The sound of the switch comes from the opposite side around the bedroom closet and I can’t figure out what it does. Along with the sound and the red circular light above it seems like it should have some importance.
 Any thoughts are appreciated and I am very pleased to now be a part of the Newell community.

[Jack Houpe]

That is a beautiful coach! Got a picture of what your describing did the prior owner share any info? Welcome to the group!

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Hello All:
  My name is Peter Smith and this is my first post.
  I have been eyeballing classic Newells for years and just now have purchased an ‘89 Widebody with 29K miles. #209 Flew out to Portland Oregon and drove her home to Massachusetts. 2380 hours on the generator and beautifully maintained and updated. The previous owner went top of the line with everything he did from installing the whole Victron management system to Recaro seats.
 Anyway I have for the moment one question. In the bathroom are three light switches and a gfi outlet in a row and one of the switches has a red light that comes on above it as I hear an electronic switch of some kind activating. The sound of the switch comes from the opposite side around the bedroom closet and I can’t figure out what it does. Along with the sound and the red circular light above it seems like it should have some importance.
 Any thoughts are appreciated and I am very pleased to now be a part of the Newell community.

Welcome Peter! Love the classic Newells!

As far as that switch with the red light, my guess would be its for the electric element in the water heater, but its just a guess. It may be activating a relay, and maybe that is what you are hearing.

[Fulltiming]

If you still have the original wiring setup, that switch should turn the inverter off and on. Mine was rewired when I replaced the inverter with a more recent model.