Electrical grounds on a Winnebago

[Rickf1985]

In my career as a mechanic one of my specialties was electrical systems. I can tell you that this MH is testing me! It reminds me of Corvettes and even more of fiberglass bodied Jeeps, mainly because I have built many of them along with buggies. EVERYTHING has to have a separate ground. Does anyone know if there is a diagram anywhere that shows the locations of the grounding points on these Winnies? Just about every circuit I have a problem with has a high resistance in the ground circuit. The ground wires go into the main harness's and I am trying to avoid having to open up those harness's. Even better is the fact that just about all of the wiring is purple, no markings, just purple! I hate purple!

I know you guys are seeing me pop up with new threads a lot but I don't want to keep adding to a past thread once the subject of that thread has been solved. People searching later on will not see the new subject in the title if you do it that way.

Rick

[DaveVA78Chieftain]

Chassis grounds is the Chevy P30 wiring diagram.

Best suggestion for Winnebago house in your case, is to use a 1990 Chieftain wiring diagram (I hear tell that Winnebago lost most of the pre-1990 info in a fire).


Use the 1990 brochure to identify the closet model to your rig.

Dave

[Oz]

I know you guys are seeing me pop up with new threads a lot but I don't want to keep adding to a past thread once the subject of that thread has been solved. People searching later on will not see the new subject in the title if you do it that way.

Rick

THANK YOU, RICK!   I can't tell you how much I appreciate when members understand this and how much it helps everyone!

[LJ-TJ]

One has to remember I'm pretty simple minded and don't have the knowledge that everyone here has so I got's to stumble along on my own lots of times. So I got tired of always trying to find a place to hook up a hot wire so I finally said screw it and went to Harbor Freight and picked up a fuse bus and attached it to the under side of my instilment panel. Now if I have to hook something up I just run it to may home made fuse panel. Now same thing with my grounding stuff. I just got tired of screwing here and screwing there so I found an old house fuse box and pulled the grounding bar out of it and mounted it to the side of the steering column. Now if I have a problem with an individual gauge or some thing the problem and pretty much only be in one of a couple of places. Pretty simple I realize so if I've done something wrong or you can see a potential problem don't hastate to speak up.>GRIN< Like that will stop you guys. :)rotflmao

[DaveVA78Chieftain]

The only thing I would want is a cover over the fuse block.

I was unhappy with the location of the Dodge chassis fuse box way up under the dash so I unbolted it, placed it plastic box with a lid and it is now down low where it is easy to access.

[LJ-TJ]

Got a picture....I still have to do something with mine. Thanks Dave

[Oz]

TJ - There's a topic on replacing the fuse block for Dodge.

What I was going to do, but never got around to, (on the post '73 Dodge dash) was to disconnect the idiot lights from their home to the left of the steering wheel and put the fuse block on top of that.  It would be so easy to get to, instead of having to remove the seat and contort on your back and look at it upside down!

[LJ-TJ]

That's not a half bad idea. Never though of that. That's why I love this place. Different guys got amazing ideas. You can sit there and stare at a problem and then somebody comes along with an idea and you go why didn't I think of that. Simple. Thanks Mark D:oH!

[Rickf1985]

A couple things to add to the cover suggestion, one is to make sure the line into the fuse block has a fuse in itself rated at the maximum for the wire gauge you are using to feed the fuse block. That is the other suggestion it to make sure you use a heavy enough wire to feed the fuse block to be able to supply everything you may add to it.
The ground block is a good idea, especially if there is a heavy wire from it directly to the negative terminal of the battery.

[Stripe]

So, if I read this correctly, you're using that part on your steering mount as a "Common Ground"

[LJ-TJ]

That was the idea? It's welded to the frame and I bolted the bar to that.

[M & J]

I put a fuse block under the dash for coach 12v. Plenty of chassis 12v sources already there.

[Stripe]

Cool.

[DaveVA78Chieftain]

Got a picture....I still have to do something with mine.

Snowing here now.  Will have to wait a day or 2.