Help for AC or Thermostat bypass - Page 2

sanger351 · 06-23-2011, 08:15 AM

Based on the flow charts and the tech support from RVP I ordered a PC board. What goes wrong with the board that causes it to fail. Maybe I can repair my board to keep as a spare. Thank you KIX and Tom those links educated me enough to hopefully solve this. When I get the board swapped I will post the result.

KIX · 06-23-2011, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by sanger351

Based on the flow charts and the tech support from RVP I ordered a PC board. What goes wrong with the board that causes it to fail. Maybe I can repair my board to keep as a spare. Thank you KIX and Tom those links educated me enough to hopefully solve this. When I get the board swapped I will post the result.

You can carefully inspect the old board and maybe find something repairable on it. I never had any luck but hear that others have.
Glad you got it diagnosed and almost repaired

Roadking52 · 07-07-2011, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by sanger351

Based on the flow charts and the tech support from RVP I ordered a PC board. What goes wrong with the board that causes it to fail. Maybe I can repair my board to keep as a spare. Thank you KIX and Tom those links educated me enough to hopefully solve this. When I get the board swapped I will post the result.

You have probably learned this by now, but the board you receive is an "updated" board that requires extensive rewireing in the electrical compartment. Follow the instructions carefully and double check the routing of each wire before powering the unit up. Best of luck.

sanger351 · 07-08-2011, 09:35 PM

It is up and running, though I do not think the t-stat is reading the right temp. The new board does need a lot of rewiring. The instructions are for the most part very easy to follow. However I did pull the ac unit for no reason because one step said that if a smaller gauge wire than 16 was used than remove it. Well mine was the size of a straw, about 10 gauge, and had a fuse in line. I called tech support and they said remove it and use the smaller gauge wire connected next to it. I pulled the ac unit and guess what. No 16 gauge wire. I plugged in the 10 gauge unit and it ran. I did lube the blower fans while I was in there.

Thanks for all the help