Sometimes these videos are quite baffling, just as the RV tech is often baffled while doing service. I am learning the language and visual understanding of the parts despite the confusion. It is very helpful that you use the language of pathways and turn it into a story. My goal is to watch everything you release in an effort to gain a holistic understanding of all the mechanisms that are involved. Thank you for pressing on in your quest. I am in the process of changing careers from Construction to becoming an RV tech. Thanks a million for allowing me to tag along!

Great video, very helpful, my system on my coach is acting strangely, as a retired mechanic over the years I've found if a system is acting odd its generally a ground issue, you have given me a place to start, thanks alot.

Thank you for using a common sense diagnostic procedure that lends itself to accuracy in the repair and not unloading the “parts cannon” at the customer’s expense. That is a value one can never complain about.

I have to tell you that this EXACT thing happened to me. The relay kept getting hot and not working and i was not sure exactly how it all worked but youtube to the rescue again and your video specifically showed me how to fix it. Thanks a million.

It's fun to follow the trail of 12 volts with you. I learn something on every video. Thanks. i've been a lot of lots of Olympic trails too. Beautiful up there. Hurricane Ridge can't be beat.

Great job! I appreciate how you don’t edit out some of the bloopers like your negative probe falling off of the chassis ground. Great reminder that such things happen to everyone. Thanks again for a thorough real-world explanation.

You are a wealth of knowledge and watching your videos have helped tremendously with my used RV. Thank you for all you do to make us understand and help us trouble shoot our systems!! You are awesome!!

Beautiful lake thank you! It never ceases to amaze me how you can start with one project and it turns into much much more on an RV!

I don’t know much about electricity and it’s flow but you have definitely enlightened me how to find a starting point when it comes to trouble shooting electrical problems, thank you

really enjoyed this one. I did the same type of work for 24-8 years as an industrial electrician with a natural gas company. great job

As a Fire Control Technician working Missile Fire Control Radars, DC grounds were the worst (hardest) casualty to troubleshoot. Sure wish I had one of those Fluke meters to help us. Great job, I really enjoyed the "Refresher Training". :-) v/r, TS USN(Ret), Denver, CO

What a service manual tell you how to construct a battery lol. I really love the video. I will have to get me one of those TS90 really nice. I keep forgetting I'm retired I just can't help it. I have worked on power systems repair down to the component level. I really enjoyed watching your trouble shooting procedures ! Seems so easy to watch and understand when I'm the one watching. You are really quick to notice things that so many other would not have noticed. Such skill only come with many years experience . Thanks so much for sharing this with me !

I don't know if your video has helped me with my slide out problem yet or not, I've been troubleshooting the electrical for a while now, but I want to compliment you on not only your thoroughness but also your explanation/camera work in your troubleshooting as you go along! Awesome job! I have a feeling I have a ground short somewhere in the electrical mess under my RV as well so back to hunting!

Oh my...bad things can happen when big wires short...hammer the alternator..burn up the rig...crazy stuff...you fixed the levelers but more importantly save their rig from burning!

I really appreciate you taking the time to make these videos. Keep it up.

Very good video, loved the step-by-step discovery and solution....amazing what you find sometimes.

This would be a great time for the client to walk up with a file folder filled with schematics for the coach... one can always hope. Lol. Those power cables are looking quite crispy. Love a good troubleshoot. Very satisfying to solve.

You are so thorough on these vids...I really enjoy them & have learned a lot...that being said...I haven't figured out how to do the patreon (sp) yet so I can really get into these. & yes I DO want to see more bonus features...I lived for a while in Pacific Beach & really enjoyed the area...except for the salt air rusting every thing I owned...lol. Keep the videos coming.

It is a very beautiful lake a couple of friends and I took a motorcycle trip up to Washington from California several years ago and took that road out of Port Angeles and discovered Crescent Lake. We were riding all the way back down Highway 1 to Calif. The road and the view was amazing.

Your videos are Soooo Informative !!! I learned and will do many of the items you explained to us... And,,, you have that perfect Speaking/Toned Voice that a quality KZfaqr need's when explaining your video... Thank's for your Help... Jack in Little Rock, Arkansas

That loose cable near the front batteries originally went to the positive terminal of the closest battery. It was to use the leveling jacks with chassis battery.

Good job! Your the best and most professional RV mechanic on you tube.

Excellent diagnostic skills. I wish I had 1/10 of that ability. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you, DC Electric is my greatest weakness when it comes to working on the RV, thanks again, And the lake was a nice bonus!

Thank you for the extras. I had not yet ever seen that lake. 👍

Love Lake Cresent. I grew up going to the log cabin resort. Grandma ran it for years and also had a house on the lake

I love your videos because you explain your thought process. I use to be a mainframe computer tech at IBM before I became a software developer. My biggest advantage in software development was I knew how to debug. They don't teach students how to debug in Comp. Sci classes. While getting my BS in Comp Sci I would be asked to come in early by other students to show them how to use the debug tools and explain how to attack a problem.

Great video. Even 5 years later. I’m Chaco g down a complete meltdown of the break away switch and both wires leading from it to the junction box. No wires left after melting thru and hard plastic case for the break away switch is melted also. Am hoping the blue wire from the junction box to the brakes still has integrity. Will see soon.

Thank you for the great video of troubleshooting...very informative and pleasant to watch

I enjoy your videos they are very informative and helpful thanks for taking the time do do them.

I like this guy. Experienced and enjoyable to listened to. Learning a lot. Reminds me of a Les Stroud type but as an engineer rv technician :) thank you for sharing.

Very informative and methodical !!! I appreciate your time and information !!!

Your awesome thanks for going through all this.

We love your videos,they have helped us a lot .Thanks

Thank you for the video and I like the bonus feature!!

Awesome work👍

Great Video Thank you

Thanks for doing this video. I have electric jacks and cannot get them to go down or come up and I know there is power to them. Looks like I need to start a hunting expedition like you did. Thanks again.

Great video. You are a good teacher. Thanks. Stay safe and havagudun.

You are truly awesome. Great job. Wish I had just a little of your electrical wisdom. Thank you so much

I stayed at camp David on the west end of the lake for a church youth summer camp many years ago. Such a beautiful lake.

Excellent troubleshooting video - really learned something - Thanks

Great job

Thanks for the bonus.

Thank you for the great video. I always learn something. PS Lake Crescent is an amazing lake. Been there many times.

You are awesome sir. Thank you

great information

Great video. Thanks.

Thank you for this!

Good detective work!

M an i stumbled across your videos and channel and I can't stop watching. Thank you your helping to pass my time during these COVID days

This is cool. Loved the bonus I liked both bonus features 💜

Super job troubleshooting

Great detective work! 😀

Awesome lake!

well done video

It'll as though it was an overdosing flaw on the negative side of the 12 volt system. They probly looped all negatives to the battery then ran a jumper to the floor of the battery box and you just simplified it... nice job.

Daren, WOW... Totally got into this video. Good job. NRVIA Inspector Eugene Elder

❤️ these videos. 😎

GREAT Video, excellent for learning to diagnose problems like this! Thank you! Wish you were in the Sacramento area! If you know of a good tech in this area please let me know?

Well done, thxs

Very helpful

You are one smart guy 👍💯👌

Nice lake!

I have a 2018 thor and just found out that thor posts all of there schematics for there customers on their website. So, I downloaded them all... saved them to my drive and even printed out a book that j keep in my coach.

great video like always People here's a helpful tip when you have multiple wires connect to the positive side of the battery before or as you remove the wires tape then with red tape so you can identify the positive wires and know where they go minis side can be taped green that's the standard code red + green _ once again great video

I love the way you explain and trace shorts.... what's the meter called that showed short 41 ft away? I just subbed

Bought a 2006 bounced with a auto level system was.told the panel was bad but no one makes a replacement I ended up installing 8 toggle switches an now it is perfect

Great video. I am hunting a problem where all my slides are working backwards and I believe is that solenoid messing with me. Thanks

We're going to your area next year to have you do a complete systems-check on our 1990 Holiday Rambler Imperial we bought last year. Camping World wouldn't do it for us because we didn't buy it from them. The only other place around here that would work on it kept it for 2 months and didn't solve the starting problem. I figured it out later...starting battery that would drop to 7 volts within 2 seconds and a starter relay with crusted lubricant on the contact-washer that connects the 2 terminals. I kinda figured that professionals charging $125 an hour would figure out basic stuff like that. So, I hope you can give us a list of problems and solutions and hopefully repair a couple things like leveling jacks, heater, etc. We're sincerely looking forward to meeting you. A good Mechanic is worth a long trip (from New Orleans/Baton Rouge area.)

I 2ish you were in Tennessee!

It looks like at one time the source of power was the second set of batteries and that shorted wire (maybe #2 copper ) that was touching ground (and connected to the ANL fuse) was at one time connected to those batteries. Someone that did not know what they were doing rewired this. Thats why it's always so important to mark the positive wire with Red tape or heat shrink. Good job showing us the process. Also it might be helpful for your followers if you drew a simply diagram showing the battery and the solenoid and the path the hydraulic jack motor so they can follow along with the process as you trouble-shoot .....cheers.

Did you end up also replacing the melted solenoid? What was done with the two disconnected cables?

I have a similar problem on my Keystone fithwheel.

do you have somebody here in the bay area? i have the same problem with my leveling jack and the power at the tail lights are gone too

My rear RV Jack's will go down but not up (without significant force) the front have no problem at all. I thought it was the springs at first but now that it just doesn't even go without force I'm worried I could be damaging something. Any thoughts? It goes down no problem, just not retracting.

I have Atwood levelers . 3 out of 4 will go down on auto ,one won’t . I can do them individually. What should look for on the one that won’t respond on auto .thanks

Where is the chassis group for the leveling system

I just liked and subscribed. I also want to say Semper Fi. I have a question that I hope you may be able to help me with. My auto park seems to act up when my headlights are turned on, any idea where I should look first? Thanks.

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I’m having a problem retracting my hydraulic jacks on my Damon Astoria 2006 RV. It is stuck in the down position and the safety switch must’ve been tripped, but I cannot find the switch. The hydraulic pump comes on, but the relay does not activate to retract the jacks. Can you help me?

I am looking for trouble shooting of hydraulic levels and slides. I have forgotten most of what I had learned at NRVTA about Hydraulic systems.

So, it was a lose ground, correct? So what did you do! Did you tighten everything in the ground side? You didn't show any of that. I still like your programs. It's still very informative.

My 1998 Fleetwood bounder dash lights on all jacks down and red light blinking,I filled the reservoir and it still blinks ,the power on does not light

Great video. Did you need to change the solenoid?

the wire at the solenoid that you found an issue with, shouldn't be grounded and should be sending power to the pump motor or whatever device needs to be powered correct? but in the end it looks like you reconnected it to a ground?

What is the name of the tool for finding shorts

We have a 2003 Tiffin Allegro with HWH hydraulic jacks and manual only controller. We have installed 2 new jacks (we have 4) and all the springs. The right rear jack will not retract. I watched a video that said loosen the hydraulic line to the jack. If it retracts, it is not the jack. I loosened the line, nothing happened, I took the line connection all the way off and the jack slammed to the top and the line squirted oil all over me. lucky I didn't have hold of the jack or I'd be missing a hand! It seems if the jack won't retract but does when I remove the line, there was still pressure keeping it extended. It has to be the hose or the solenoid? how do I check for this?

I see lots of info on jacks that won't retract and on the whole system will not deploy. What about when one of my hydraulic jacks suddenly refuses to deploy but all the others go up and down just as they should?

So it looks like that loose wire should have been connected to the positive on the battery in the front and through the fuse for some reason. I guess checking with the manufacturer would clear up what the connection was for. The fuse must be there for a reason. I suspect someone changed or disconnected the battery and forgot that wire. Good troubleshooting. I watch gain more knowledge of RV wiring for the time i need to trouble shoot mine

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Can someone tell me if WF8945PEC WILL REPLACE A Magnetek 6345 converter.

It seems logical that the "orphaned" front cable that was the source of the short, may have slipped back there, and was forgotten to reconnect, when someone replaced the batteries at one time in the past. Did you try reconnecting to the positive battery pole and see if everything (except the melted solenoid) worked then?

What was the tester that gave you the distance to the short?

Seems whomever swapped the engine batteries forgot to connect the one positive cable. I imagine that cable charges the coach batteries when the engine is running.

One minute they work and next don't. It should be covered. Build a box after is fixed. Make sure u leave access to it

So what was thar wire suppose to go to in the battery box? It was fuded with a big fuse and...…? Did you find out from Jayco what it was supposed to go to or do?

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