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[VAC] Re: Window frame/Univolt
Melanie,
The '64 Globetrotter, if original, should have an older model of the
"Uni-volt". The Uni-volt is the control box with the switches and the
big transformer hooked up to it inside the external access door. Your
manual has a whole section devoted to it. If Iowa Boys didn't give you
the manual, the VAC will be putting copies on-line soon.
It is what converts shore power 110vac to 12vdc for the lights & 18vac
for the fans, or regulates the 12vdc from the battery to the lights &
fans if you are not hooked up to 110v. The early '60's Airstreams with
Uni-volts were the first to convert away dual 110/12 volt bulb lighting
and go with all 12volt "marine" bulbs.
Best of luck,
RJ
(Krista & I live in the east SF Bay Area)