Another Bird fire

[mbulriss]

Hmmm, my inspection of my wiring over the last few weeks discovered a similar
thing: someone, presumably Bird, routed a ground cable directly together with
the positive cables and it was tie wrapped all along its length and right down
on top of a stud connecting two positive cable lugs together!!! That was along
the heat shield between the engine and batteries. Luckily the stud had a rubber
boot that was on cockeyed, but had protected the ground cable. I am going back
and look one more time for any more of those.

Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Elliot wrote:
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> Checked mine and one of the negative cables was stretched tight enough that
the screw head on the positive clamp had vibrated through the plastic sheath.
Wouldn't take much more to dead short across that battery!
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> Elliot
> 1995 WLWB 40
> RARA AVIS
> NW, Illinois
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ronmarabito2002
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, Nov 26, 2009 8:05 pm
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Another Bird fire
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> Sorry to hear of the loss of anyones coach. I warned the forum after mine to
check these cables and apparently it just went right by everyone. What a shame.
I sure hope everyone gets out there and checks these cables now.
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> R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40
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> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ernie E" wrote:
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> > I am wondering, since there have been 3 fires with the 90s coaches, that if
the battery cables are being chaffed behind the main battery bank. Since the
coaches involved were 92, 94 and 95 models, those with coaches of this era might
want to check the routing of these cables.
> > This is too much of a coincidence and may have taken these many years to
wear thru.
> > Fortunately, nobody in all 3 coaches were hurt.
> > Ernie- 83PT40 in New River, Az
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