- First Name
- Albert
- Joined
- Jul 14, 2022
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- Location
- Rio Rancho, NM
- Vehicle(s)
- 97 Toyota T-100, 06 Jeep Liberty, 2018 Tiffin MH
- Engine
- 2.5L Hybrid
Colt,
Your situation is very curious. I have towed my Mav nearly 20k miles with only a few annoying neutral tow gremlins. On our last trip on the third day after about 4 hours of travel my RVI Brake monitor alarmed with a "Low Voltage" warning. I pulled over and went to check and found the Mav totally dead - nothing. Started checking and found the 10 amp charge line fuse was blown??? Fortunately I carry a battery charger and was able to charge the Mav battery enough to get it started, disable neutral tow and disconnect it from the MH. We continued on our way with my son driving the Mav to our next stop. I replaced the fuse and have monitored it since (every time we stop I check the fuse). The charge line provides MH chassis battery voltage to the Mav only when the MH is on, its somewhere around 13.3 -13.8 v. The only way that fuse would blow is if the Mav tried to draw more than 10 amps. The charge line is supposed to provide a low amperage trickle voltage to the toad so something had to go whacky with the 12v system on the Mav to have it draw more than 10 amps. Pretty confusing, but so far only a one off event for me. I would be very cautious with over fusing the charge line; it might be masking a problem with the Mav 12v system or allow overloading the charge line from your MH. Either could lead to serious problems.
Safe travels,
Your situation is very curious. I have towed my Mav nearly 20k miles with only a few annoying neutral tow gremlins. On our last trip on the third day after about 4 hours of travel my RVI Brake monitor alarmed with a "Low Voltage" warning. I pulled over and went to check and found the Mav totally dead - nothing. Started checking and found the 10 amp charge line fuse was blown??? Fortunately I carry a battery charger and was able to charge the Mav battery enough to get it started, disable neutral tow and disconnect it from the MH. We continued on our way with my son driving the Mav to our next stop. I replaced the fuse and have monitored it since (every time we stop I check the fuse). The charge line provides MH chassis battery voltage to the Mav only when the MH is on, its somewhere around 13.3 -13.8 v. The only way that fuse would blow is if the Mav tried to draw more than 10 amps. The charge line is supposed to provide a low amperage trickle voltage to the toad so something had to go whacky with the 12v system on the Mav to have it draw more than 10 amps. Pretty confusing, but so far only a one off event for me. I would be very cautious with over fusing the charge line; it might be masking a problem with the Mav 12v system or allow overloading the charge line from your MH. Either could lead to serious problems.
Safe travels,
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