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Silver Streak Digest     Friday, February 20 2004     Volume 01 : Number 052




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[SilverStreak] '78 SS questions
Re: [SilverStreak] '78 SS questions

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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 19:19:57 +0900
From: Jeffrey Fryckman <fryckman@xxxxxxxxxx.att.ne.jp>
Subject: [SilverStreak] '78 SS questions

Hello all and HELP!

I live in Tokyo and bought a '78 31 foot(?) SS not too long ago and am 
going to attempt a trip with it soon.  I will fly home and meet my 
parents to go to baja, etc.

They have been trying to get it ready and ran into a few 
problems/mysteries.

1)  (and I think there was some discussion of this recently) There are 
two toggle on/off switches near the sink, one with a red light that my 
folks can't figure out what they are for?  Neither do anything that they 
can tell and the red light does not come on.

2)  All the interior lights worked at first, then my father took the 
trailer to get propane and when he got back all the lights in the 
kitchen and bath were out?  He says he can't seem to find out why???

3)  There is a black wire hanging off the furnace w/o a little washer 
crimped on to it like the other wires, that he can't figure out what it 
goes to??

4)  I thk I've heard on the list that there are no operators manuals in 
existance.  Is that so?  I printed out the brochures and elec. diag. 
form Tom's great site, but they don't help with how tos and how it works.

Thanks in advance to anyone with any help.

Jeff Fryckman

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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 07:37:18 -0600
From: waymark1@xxxxxxxxxx.com
Subject: Re: [SilverStreak] '78 SS questions

Your owner's manual tells the answers to your questions.

1a) The switch turns the water heater on. There must be both LP gas and
12V power to the heater for it to work. The red light tells whether the
burner has lit or not. It flashes when the electric lighter comes on. If
the burner fails to light the red light will stay on. If the burner goes
out (wind blew flame out; LP gas ran out) the red light will come on and
stay on until the switch is turned off. My trailer has an additional
switch and pilot light over the closet in the bathroom. Very convenient
when in the bathroom and I want to turn the WH on.

1b) The other switch is for the ceiling light in the kitchen area just
ahead of the A/C. Both it and the switch on the light fixture have to be
"on" for the light to come on.

2) Sounds like a bad fuse or loose connection, since the vibration from
towing the trailer is associated with the light failure.
Fuses sometimes don't make good contact. They are inside the converter
(12V power pack/battery charger) rear panel. The converter is in the
outside compartment on the offside (street side) just above the
water/sewer connections. The converter panel is held shut with the wing
nut at the top. The fuse can be removed and its ends polished with rough
paper, like brown grocery bag paper, and the fuse holder clips polished
with a rubber pencil eraser. If the clips seem to grip the fuse loosely,
gently squeeze them in. Then snap the fuse back into place.
The fuse may be bad. They sometimes die of old age, vibration, internal
corrosion (dissimilar metals), even if never overloaded.
A connector may be loose. Make sure the wire connector on the converter
fuse holder is snug. If it is tight, check the connections at the
fixtures.

4) No new manuals are available unless someone has some in his
collection. I have a '78 edition with my '79 trailer.

Al

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 19:19:57 +0900 Jeffrey Fryckman
<fryckman@xxxxxxxxxx.att.ne.jp> writes:
> Hello all and HELP!
> 
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...............................
> 
> They have been trying to get it ready and ran into a few
problems/mysteries.
> 
> 1)  (and I think there was some discussion of this recently) There are
two toggle on/off switches near the sink, one with a red light that my
folks can't figure out what they are for?  Neither do anything that they
can tell and the red light does not come on.
> 
> 2)  All the interior lights worked at first, then my father took the
trailer to get propane and when he got back all the lights in the kitchen
and bath were out?  He says he can't seem to find out why???
> 
> 3)  There is a black wire hanging off the furnace w/o a little washer
crimped on to it like the other wires, that he can't figure out what it
goes to??
> 
> 4)  I think I've heard on the list that there are no operators manuals
in existence.  Is that so?  I printed out the brochures and elec. diag.
from Tom's great site, but they don't help with how tos and how it works.
> 
> Thanks in advance to anyone with any help.
> 
> Jeff Fryckman

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