Calling all Hymer owners or techy people

I agree, cancel the appointment as soon as possible, if you don't mess them around you can still use them in future
 
siimplyloco said:
I would cancel it as fault finding s fixed fault is difficult!
John
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Yes that's what I am thinking how can he find the fault if it isn't doing it any more but why did it do it and will it do it again?? I think I will give him a call he is very helpful and do not want to waste his time on a Saturday... is this a Hymer thing ???
 
wendywo said:
Yes that's what I am thinking how can he find the fault if it isn't doing it any more but why did it do it and will it do it again?? I think I will give him a call he is very helpful and do not want to waste his time on a Saturday... is this a Hymer thing ???
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Not a Hymer thing at all. All older vehicles, and boats I might add, develop corroded connections which manifest themselves as intermittent faults which must be traced whilst obvious. I'd explain the situation to your man, and see what he says. If he is scrupulous you will be OK, if not: caveat emptor!
John
 
siimplyloco said:
Not a Hymer thing at all. All older vehicles, and boats I might add, develop corroded connections which manifest themselves as intermittent faults which must be traced whilst obvious. I'd explain the situation to your man, and see what he says. If he is scrupulous you will be OK, if not: caveat emptor!
John
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Yes I have tried to get hold of him but he is very busy so I have sent an email explaining and asking him for advise... Its a 4 hour journey from my home to his place so not as if its a pop down the road job if it does do it again.... Hey hummm thanks...." hows sunny Spain... roll on retirement you lucky things.
 
Allan got back to me and said bring it in anyway and he will do a diagnostics check on it he thinks he can find the problem and fix it and he will check out
the solar panel to make sure it has been fitted properly because they can cause problems if not wired in properly. Fingers crossed we get to the bottom of it.
 
Well got the problem fixed and I can highly recommend this man Allan at A and N he is very reasonable with his rates and is happy to give advise we learn t a lot from him . Went on to have a lovely weekend in Angelsey and Snowdonia ... thanks everyone....
 
What was the problem? Its always helpful to know in case someone suffers from the same thing....

Keith
 
Ok the problem we had did fix its self but then the water dump button would not hold and we could not fill up the tank so another fault that's when Allan said bring it in to check over the EBL and Panel....

He said he could fix the problem with the dump button and he thought the problem for the 240v light was a bad or corroded connection and a pin had broken off again it could be fixed...however because it was the original EBL and it was 13 years old he said it was coming to the end of its life and we could get more age related problems with it.... so we decided.... to get a refurbished EBL unit fitted ...He then checked all the other parts on the old EBL( because its condition can tell you a lot about how the van is working and pulling power etc and said the fuse for the charging of the leisure battery had been working very hard and had gone black which suggested a new leisure battery was needed he really gave it a good check over and only charged us £29.00 for the work

...and before you ask no he does not sell batteries but go to his web page and there is a link to a good supplier of batteries at a good price delivered to your door.

The condition of the battery is very important a bad battery can shorten the life of an EBL....which I am sure you know ...but this is all new to me so I was very interested..... sorry if I am going on a bit......

He also has got a lot of information on his web page it makes interesting reading and makes you think about new things you add to your van such as solar panels that can harm the EBL if not fitted correctly people fit things without considering the strain it puts on the EBL alternater etc

We were with him for a long time and he was very good answering all our questions..... We even called back in on Sunday to check out it was working ok before we returned home from our weekend in north Wales
 
I have only ever heard praise for him Wendy and I would advise anybody with problems with EBL's to go to there, Udo Lang suggested I go to him when my elektrobloc started to play up, with mine the 12v circuit kept switching off but I traced it to one of the two main relays inside it, as I said earlier I convinced them to send me the parts so repaired my own for less than £20 but for peace of mind if you are not capable of repairing things yourself then a refurbished EBL is the best way to go
 
tezza33 said:
I have only ever heard praise for him Wendy and I would advise anybody with problems with EBL's to go to there, Udo Lang suggested I go to him when my elektrobloc started to play up, with mine the 12v circuit kept switching off but I traced it to one of the two main relays inside it, as I said earlier I convinced them to send me the parts so repaired my own for less than £20 but for peace of mind if you are not capable of repairing things yourself then a refurbished EBL is the best way to go
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Yes were very impressed a really good contact yet again from the members on here ......and a lovely trip out over the weekend wild camped using the Tom Tom I got from a member on here which was great ...all in all brilliant help once again.....
 
wendywo said:
Allan got back to me and said bring it in anyway and he will do a diagnostics check on it he thinks he can find the problem and fix it and he will check out
the solar panel to make sure it has been fitted properly because they can cause problems if not wired in properly. Fingers crossed we get to the bottom of it.
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When we get home in August I'm going to fit a 100w panel and buy a Schaudt controller for the Electrobloc. That way I shouldn't (!) have any compatibility problems.....
John
 
siimplyloco said:
When we get home in August I'm going to fit a 100w panel and buy a Schaudt controller for the Electrobloc. That way I shouldn't (!) have any compatibility problems.....
John
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I wired mine through Steca Solsum 8.8C and a Fox D-1 to show the current or voltage but I went straight to the leisure batteries when I fitted it avoiding the elektrobloc altogether, I will do a bit of research and if it is beneficial I will get a Schaudt one and use that instead, I already charge my vehicle battery from the leisure batteries so if that is the only advantage it isn't worth it for me, it looks as though Udo Lang is getting another email:dog:
 
911 views to this little problem I had .....I hope its helped a lot more ???...
 
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