Pete, Steve Gureasko was having the same problem. Turns out, if I remember
correctly, the switch is by the entry door. Hey- Steve- you remember where??
Ernie Ekberg
83PT40
Livingston, Mt
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Ok, I give up on this one.
My 'bird has a "porch light" mounted on the street side-rear that is
operated by a switch in the power hook-up mini-bay. (Where the power
cord is stored and where a cable-tv and telephone hook-up are also
present.)
Apparently, there is another switch somewhere that also affects this
light. The panel where the switch is mounted is clearly marked "on/
off" ... but the switch turns on/off the light in either position,
depending on if the light is currently on or off.
I have carefully observed the light and made sure it was off. Then
sometime later (typically the next day) I'll see that it's on again.
I know that the switch in the bay hasn't been used because it's
behind a locked door and I'm the only one with the key. (My spouse
has a set of keys, but wouldn't know what key opens that door and I
doubt that she'd ever go to the trouble anyway.)
So, where is the other switch? It must be connected to something
else, as the light seems to go on "randomly" and I can't correlate
it's on-off activity to any other activity in the coach.
This isn't really very important -- but it's just one of those 'bird
mysteries that defies logic.
Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at Johnson City Texas (next, on to Dripping Springs...)
Mine works the the same way. It took me awhile to figure out its activity.
The other switch turned out to be a switch marked accessory over the entry door
on the same panel with the cockpit light, curbside porch light, indirect
florescents etc. Your coach is newer so it may be in a different position.
The same switch operates the overhead rope lights on my coach. So that porch
light is on until I turn off the rope lights.
Leroy Eckert
1990WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: Pete Masterson
To: Wanderlodge Forum
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 2:57 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Porch light switch
Ok, I give up on this one.
My 'bird has a "porch light" mounted on the street side-rear that is
operated by a switch in the power hook-up mini-bay. (Where the power
cord is stored and where a cable-tv and telephone hook-up are also
present.)
Apparently, there is another switch somewhere that also affects this
light. The panel where the switch is mounted is clearly marked "on/
off" ... but the switch turns on/off the light in either position,
depending on if the light is currently on or off.
I have carefully observed the light and made sure it was off. Then
sometime later (typically the next day) I'll see that it's on again.
I know that the switch in the bay hasn't been used because it's
behind a locked door and I'm the only one with the key. (My spouse
has a set of keys, but wouldn't know what key opens that door and I
doubt that she'd ever go to the trouble anyway.)
So, where is the other switch? It must be connected to something
else, as the light seems to go on "randomly" and I can't correlate
it's on-off activity to any other activity in the coach.
This isn't really very important -- but it's just one of those 'bird
mysteries that defies logic.
Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at Johnson City Texas (next, on to Dripping Springs...)
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Pete
Don't feel like Lone Ranger on this one!!! Took me about a year to
figure out.
Sit in the co-pilot's seat and look at the switches to the right of
the seat. The front one should be ACC. That is the one you want.
Steve Quandt
1993 PT-40
Iron Mountain, MI
--- In
WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson
wrote:
>
> Ok, I give up on this one.
>
> My 'bird has a "porch light" mounted on the street side-rear that
is
> operated by a switch in the power hook-up mini-bay. (Where the
power
> cord is stored and where a cable-tv and telephone hook-up are also
> present.)
>
> Apparently, there is another switch somewhere that also affects
this
> light. The panel where the switch is mounted is clearly marked "on/
> off" ... but the switch turns on/off the light in either position,
> depending on if the light is currently on or off.
>
> I have carefully observed the light and made sure it was off. Then
> sometime later (typically the next day) I'll see that it's on
again.
> I know that the switch in the bay hasn't been used because it's
> behind a locked door and I'm the only one with the key. (My spouse
> has a set of keys, but wouldn't know what key opens that door and
I
> doubt that she'd ever go to the trouble anyway.)
>
> So, where is the other switch? It must be connected to something
> else, as the light seems to go on "randomly" and I can't correlate
> it's on-off activity to any other activity in the coach.
>
> This isn't really very important -- but it's just one of
those 'bird
> mysteries that defies logic.
>
> Pete Masterson
> '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
> aeonix1@...
> On the road at Johnson City Texas (next, on to Dripping Springs...)
>
By golly, that's the one. And since I assumed that it wasn't hooked
to anything (since you can't see that it's turning on a light at the
rear of the coach on the far side), I wasn't paying any attention to
it. What's more, dear spouse often 'hits' that switch in error when
she's trying to do the door lock/unlock switch that's next to it.
Mystery solved. (Now, I could ask, why didn't it get labeled "left
porch light" or some such rather than "ACC"... <sigh>)
Thanks.
Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at Johnson City Texas
On the LXi's they are labeled, one sw for left porch and one for
right porch. BB finally got around to it.
David Brady
'02 LXi, Smokey
NC
Pete Masterson wrote:
>
> By golly, that's the one. And since I assumed that it wasn't hooked
> to anything (since you can't see that it's turning on a light at the
> rear of the coach on the far side), I wasn't paying any attention to
> it. What's more, dear spouse often 'hits' that switch in error when
> she's trying to do the door lock/unlock switch that's next to it.
> Mystery solved. (Now, I could ask, why didn't it get labeled "left
> porch light" or some such rather than "ACC"... <sigh>)
>
> Thanks.
>
> Pete Masterson
> '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
> aeonix1@...
> On the road at Johnson City Texas
>
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Pete, I think the switch in the electrical hook up compartment that
control the amber light over the rear drive side is some how a two or
three way switch tied into the porch switch by the passanger seat. I
dont think it comes on all of a sudden I just think turning off one
switch reverses the rear driver porch light. I have been so close to
using a stick to turn the light off.
GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolandCa
--- In
WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson
wrote:
>
> By golly, that's the one. And since I assumed that it wasn't hooked
> to anything (since you can't see that it's turning on a light at the
> rear of the coach on the far side), I wasn't paying any attention to
> it. What's more, dear spouse often 'hits' that switch in error when
> she's trying to do the door lock/unlock switch that's next to it.
> Mystery solved. (Now, I could ask, why didn't it get labeled "left
> porch light" or some such rather than "ACC"... <sigh>)
>
> Thanks.
>
> Pete Masterson
> '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
> aeonix1@...
> On the road at Johnson City Texas
>
I figured that it was a 3-pole switch ... I just didn't know what the
other switch was. The ACC switch by the passenger seat wasn't one I'd
thought about and I realize that it had been switched one way and
another from time to time as my spouse was trying to unlock the door
(next switch on the panel in my coach).
On my coach, the rear, street size "porch" light isn't connected to
the curb-side porch lights.
The zip-dee pole might do the job!
Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at Johnson City Texas
On Apr 25, 2007, at 8:53 PM, Gregory OConnor wrote:
> Pete, I think the switch in the electrical hook up compartment that
> control the amber light over the rear drive side is some how a two or
> three way switch tied into the porch switch by the passanger seat. I
> dont think it comes on all of a sudden I just think turning off one
> switch reverses the rear driver porch light. I have been so close to
> using a stick to turn the light off.
> GregoryO'Connor
> 94ptRomolandCa
>
> --- In
WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson
> wrote:
>>
>> By golly, that's the one.<snip>