2018 Alante pinched wire on wiring harness

[clberkley]

I am a new and proud owner of 2018 Jayco Alante 31v in process of selling my 2004 class c. I had installed solar power on it and am in process of installing solar power, plan __ 6 200amp 12v batteries and 8 175 watt panels. while trying to locate the solar preinstalled wiring, I found wiring in 2 different locations trapped between the 70 gallon fresh water tank and the cross member in back of rv. I am very concerned. Sorry I think pictures are upside down. any comments will be appreciated.

[Limpin Lizard]

I had the same issue. My belief is the wires were run wrong at the factory as you can see by photo ending in 4317. The wire loom is empty. It was running down the outside of the frame up until this point then it went inside the frame until photo ending in 4321. Notice there IS insulation in the motor compartment and then the wires jump back outside the frame. Jayco staff screwed the pooch on that one in my opinion. Photo ending in 4903 was my fix. Inspected each wire from front to back then bought a $50 heat shield at AZone and installed. No problems since. I would have rerouted the wires in the proper place but I just didn't have the time or patience knowing if I returned to the dealer they would have just placed a heat shield like this. Hope it helps someone else. Not bashing but it gets old fixing these stupid factory issues.

[Parrott]

Originally Posted by clberkley

I am a new and proud owner of 2018 Jayco Alante 31v in process of selling my 2004 class c. I had installed solar power on it and am in process of installing solar power, plan __ 6 200amp 12v batteries and 8 175 watt panels. while trying to locate the solar preinstalled wiring, I found wiring in 2 different locations trapped between the 70 gallon fresh water tank and the cross member in back of rv. I am very concerned. Sorry I think pictures are upside down. any comments will be appreciated.

My 31UL looks similar to yours with wires and water lines running between the freshwater tank and frame. When full of water, it bows down and puts tremendous pressure on the wires and water lines. I put a starboard shim between the tank straps and frame to create space. The white and yellow wire are hooked to the ground screw which the starboard is sitting on top of