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wendywo

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Hello everyone
I have problem on the Hymer
On the control panel over the door a yellow orange light is on indicating I have 240v coming into the Hymer?
It is not hooked up and not on inverter ? I heard a clicking noise around the rectifier box thingy and the the light was flashing on and off then the clicking stopped and the light has stayed on?? it should not be on because I am not hooked up?? Anyone got any ideas as to what it might be? and how to fix it ??
Thanks
 
Hi Forgot to say its a Hymer starline merc 2003 and the elctro box is a 99 and the control panel is IT 992 I have just put it on hook up and left in on for awhile and then unhooked it and the light went out for a while but it has come back on again?? indicating I am still on 240v???
Thank for reading this:confused::confused:
 
Oh dear. That's not good :( Are you competent with a multimeter? We have the same model of Electroblock and I've got wiring diagrams at home. If no one else does then I'll try and post them up later. As you've probably already worked out, you have a fault with the display, wiring or actually in the Electroblock.

Keith
 
ChrisInNotts said:
Oh dear. That's not good :( Are you competent with a multimeter? We have the same model of Electroblock and I've got wiring diagrams at home. If no one else does then I'll try and post them up later. As you've probably already worked out, you have a fault with the display, wiring or actually in the Electroblock.

Keith
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Hi Thank you for the reply ...I know nothing about electrics so this sounds expensive:(:(:( meanwhile is this causing more damage while it is doing this????
I have tracked down a man who repaires them in Wales somewhere David Brannon Leisure electronic repaires ? anyone used them??
 
Have you disconected the leisure battery and left it for about 15min,then reconect it,sometimes it resets everything,worth a try....
 
The Hymer was standing on the drive on 12v we leave it on trickle charge from the solar panel and both liesure and cab battery show well charged?but I noticed the 240v light was on?

I have not been in the Hymer for awhile so not sure how long it has been like this then as i stood there the light flashed on and off and there was a clicking noise from around the eltro box then the clicking noise stopped and the light stayed on 240v and is still on.

I hooked it up to mains and the panel showed it was charging I then unhooked it and the 240v light went out but then came back on and is still on.

I will try and take a look at the wiring diagram thank you for your help...
 
Have you spoken to the dealer who sold you the van? I believe you only bought it recently.
 
Its worth trying to see if its charging. If something is clicking in the Electroblock this must be a relay. Given that the charge LED is fed from the feed to the charge relay that suggests to me that somehow 12V is getting to the charge relay which is causing the clicking and the charge light coming on. It may just be a failed diode but it does look like you will need to get it looked at as it may well be discharging battery continuously.

Keith
 
I posted a link to a manual on another thread, elektroblock manual , it might not help you but if you look on the elektroblock View attachment 23015View attachment 23016
#5 (not block 5 that is a spare connector) is the connector for the control panel, unplug it and plug it back in making sure it is tight, mine wasn't and caused my 12v low battery alarm to come on and trip the relay even though I had full batteries, bad connections can cause most of the electrical problems we get, I use a spray from Maplins to clean all mine
If you email Udo.Lang@schaudt-gmbh.de and explain it to him he will help if he can, he speaks better English than me as well
 
tezza33 said:
I posted a link to a manual on another thread, elektroblock manual , it might not help you but if you look on the elektroblock View attachment 23015View attachment 23016
#5 (not block 5 that is a spare connector) is the connector for the control panel, unplug it and plug it back in making sure it is tight, mine wasn't and caused my 12v low battery alarm to come on and trip the relay even though I had full batteries, bad connections can cause most of the electrical problems we get, I use a spray from Maplins to clean all mine
If you email Udo.Lang@schaudt-gmbh.de and explain it to him he will help if he can, he speaks better English than me as well
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Thank you the batteries are both well charged... the 240v light is still on??? even though the 12v battery power button is off where is that power coming from I am not hooked up
so what is powering the little light on the panel?? is it comming from the engine battery?? the solar panel keeps that on a trickle charge and the leisure battery.

Wish I had learn't electrics at school LOL
 
I know your batteries are fully charged but that block #5 is the one that carries all the power to your panel, a bad connection can cause strange things to happen so it is worth checking first
That email address is to a Schaudt technician, Schaudt make the elektroblock in your Hymer but Udo Lang is the best one to speak to and he will advise you, they will repair the elektroblock if it is faulty as well which is a lot cheaper than a new one, Udo Lang posted me two relays when mine packed up
 
Hi I googled you problem and on a site called Hymerinfo this came up
The control panel is set to warn you to place the van on mains charge every 21 days and is designed to trigger the warning irrespective of the battery state of charge. Hook up to the mains for an hour and the panel will reset itself.
 
Andys said:
Hi I googled you problem and on a site called Hymerinfo this came up
The control panel is set to warn you to place the van on mains charge every 21 days and is designed to trigger the warning irrespective of the battery state of charge. Hook up to the mains for an hour and the panel will reset itself.
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I hope that is correct but I have had my van for 12yrs and it has spent over a year without being on EHU and mine has never lit up, anything is worth trying though
 
tezza33 said:
I know your batteries are fully charged but that block #5 is the one that carries all the power to your panel, a bad connection can cause strange things to happen so it is worth checking first
That email address is to a Schaudt technician, Schaudt make the elektroblock in your Hymer but Udo Lang is the best one to speak to and he will advise you, they will repair the elektroblock if it is faulty as well which is a lot cheaper than a new one, Udo Lang posted me two relays when mine packed up
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I think i am being a bit thick but which one is #5??? is it the one at the back under all the wires is it ok to just pull it out do i have to switch anything off first
I will have to pull the one out in front of it first to get to it first because its wires are over the top of it??
 
Andys said:
Hi I googled you problem and on a site called Hymerinfo this came up
The control panel is set to warn you to place the van on mains charge every 21 days and is designed to trigger the warning irrespective of the battery state of charge. Hook up to the mains for an hour and the panel will reset itself.
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This is not a warning light it is the light that comes on when you hook up to mains?? Then it goes off when you unhook . I did try hooking it up to mains for awhile not an hour though...and when i unhooked the light did go off but then came back on again and has stayed on....
 
It is the one at the back with the smaller section cables, and yes you have to pull the other one out first, I would switch the 12v power off on your panel first and when you unplug the one at the front it will dump your water out because it powers your frost protection valve but don't worry
 
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