Waking up my X17Z

[Route 66 Traveler]

JWhen I press the switch of the FIC3500, up or down, nothing happens, except that after 2 seconds the circuit breaker pops. .

Save yourself further grief and buy a quality tongue jack. The FIC3500 is a very poor quality jack. I replaced mine the first year with this one. Hasn't failed once and is more powerful.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004OK77L2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[RogerR]

I agree that replacing is the better way. Put a new motor in and find the shaft is bent and it was a waste??

3 bolts, 1 wire and done. I have replaced 3 manual ones with power ones and it is simple. Either block up the tongue with plenty of wheel chocks or hitch it up. Then manually pull up the jack to no weight on the bolts and pull them off. Shine up the area under the bolts so good ground and put the bolts or new ones back in. Connect the positive cable back up and test. DONE.

 

[Arnold R]

Thank you both, Route 66 Traveler and RogerR.
I take it the bolt holes line up for all tongue jacks? I noticed the Husky has a round plate, while the FIC has a triangular one.

 

[joe w-JAY]

Thank you both, Route 66 Traveler and RogerR.
I take it the bolt holes line up for all tongue jacks? I noticed the Husky has a round plate, while the FIC has a triangular one.

Yes they will line up. Good idea as well to purchase a cover.

 

[RogerR]

Joe w is right. The holes should match up and get a cover. I use a rubber bag style off Amazon while traveling and a 2 gallon bucket in storage. Use a bungee to hold both on so wind won't knock them off. I also secure my hitch plug cable up under the bucket during storage to keep water off it.

 

[Arnold R]

Ah yes, a cover was the first thing I bought, right at the beginning when I thought rust might have been the problem ��

 

[DeniseCJ]

I've been reading about a 30A fuse near the battery that might be blown on my Jayfeather X17Z. I have 2 batteries on mine and I'm getting 27v from the batteries but no 12v power to the trailer. I found this thing that is past blown and is fried. My question is, is the fuse I've been reading about, and if so, are you sure it's 30A? I don't want to order the wrong part.

 

[RogerR]

Mine looks like that picture but a different color. It is mounted on the wires going from the battery box to the junction box mounted on the bottom of the front edge of the RV just a few inches before they enter the junction box.

My question to you is 27 volts? Is this a typo or are your two batteries in series. That is, two 12 volt batteries in series could make 27 volts but all Rvs that I know of in the USA are based on 12 volts so your two 12 volt batteries should be in parallel. Or you have two 6 volt batteries and it would be 12 volts.



30 amps is pretty standard as loads would not exceed that in normal use by the RV.

 

[DeniseCJ]

27 volts

I measured the voltage across the terminals on the battery closest to the blown fuse. I didn't even think about 27v being strange. It's been connected the same way since I bought it new in 2019. What would make it read so high across the terminals on one battery? I did notice liquid in the bottom of both battery boxes. I'll go out and take the covers off of both batteries again and check it out further. Thanks for your help.

 

[DeniseCJ]

27 volts

I measured the voltage across the terminals on the battery closest to the blown fuse. I didn't even think about 27v being strange. It's been connected the same way since I bought it new in 2019. What would make it read so high across the terminals on one battery? I did notice liquid in the bottom of both battery boxes. I'll go out and take the covers off of both batteries again and check it out further. Thanks for your help.

 

[Isaacs]

Please show us a picture of your battery box(es) and connections.

 

[DeniseCJ]

Here is a picture of the batteries

I'm getting 27.7v across the positive and negative terminals of each battery and the positive terminal of one battery to the negative terminal of the other. They are in parallel.

 

[Isaacs]

I'm getting 27.7v across the positive and negative terminals of each battery and the positive terminal of one battery to the negative terminal of the other. They are in parallel.

Yeah, everything looks good there. Thanks for the pic. This makes no sense. I have to question the accuracy of whatever you're using to measure the voltage.

One other thing. Is your camper plugged in? If so, try unplugging and re-testing. Perhaps your charger has gone wacky.

 

[RogerR]

Test the voltage at the single battery on the left ( other side from your legs) where the battery to trailer leads are. This will give you the voltage going into the trailer and it should be around 12 volts. The second battery feeds the first and you can test it separately and it will show 12 volts. To feed the RV 24 volts you would connect the positive to the negative on the second battery and then connect the RV with leads from the remaining poles. Don't do this, everything in that RV runs on 12 volts.
PS by 12 volts I mean the rough number. A 12 volt battery should actually yield 12.5 volts or more or it is really low on power. I would recommend watching a couple youtubes on RV 12 volt systems to get a good grounding on battery care.

 

[DeniseCJ]

Oops!

I'm so sorry, guys. I just tested it again and noticed that my multi meter was on the wrong setting. I just bought a new one because I couldn't find my old one. I just turned it on and switched it to the position where my old meter would have been set on volts DC. I corrected the setting and it's now reading 12.8v. I apologize for wasting your time.

 

[Isaacs]

I'm so sorry, guys. I just tested it again and noticed that my multi meter was on the wrong setting. I just bought a new one because I couldn't find my old one. I just turned it on and switched it to the position where my old meter would have been set on volts DC. I corrected the setting and it's now reading 12.8v. I apologize for wasting your time.

No problem--glad you got it sorted out!