[77newell]

A bit of progress. Nothing was powered electrically so I went is search of 12v. There was nothing connected to the back of the dash mounted control panel that switched 12v on and off as the a/c was turned on and off. Found a white wire with spade connector just hanging in the area and tested continuity to the blue control wire on the "condenser" rely and found continuity (no idea why or where the color change takes place). Now it all mechanically operates and there is some cooling though I haven't yet assessed the proper freon charge since it started raining. I suspect it will be low and I'll still have to decide on what to recharge it with.

With all this stuff working I'm worried I'm getting close to the point of selling it. My pattern has been to buy a coach with the intention of keeping it long term but then I find it needs many repairs which once fixed seems to trigger an irrational response that I need to change to something else. I really don't understand this craziness but I can feel the beginnings of the itch - insanity!