All power is good. Fuses are good . main fuse is good. I am going to check and clean grounds tomorrow
Tripac apu alt code no start
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Does it trip the breaker before it starts?
I’d start with the main power to the mother board. If your batteries and wiring are good, then I would want to see no less than 12 volts as it is in the start up cycle.D.Tibbitt Thanks this. -
where am i testing for voltage on the board ? Is there a certain fuse or test prong i should be testing? -
It’ll be a large lug with about a 6ga wire going to it. If it’s throwing the alt code, then I think it should be tripping the breaker. The breaker is a small button on the side of the box that the motherboard is in.
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Mine was doing the same thing. All my research pointed directly to a ground issue, could be at APU, mother board inside bunk or batteries, I just checked them all and found my battery cables to be issue.
My grounds had wiggled loose, snugged everything up, it started and has been running fine ever since. -
Well i didnt get alot of time to work on this today, but i checked voltages while starting.. And definatly dropping from 12.5 to 11.8 as it tries to kick the starter on... Then throws alt code.... I started at batteries.. No voltage drop there.. So ive traced it back to the alternator and dropping voltage there... But the power cable goes to the starter before it gets to the alternator and that cable on the starter is so frickin corroded i think thats where im dropping the power at... Gotta take some parts off to access that bolt... I will work on it tomorrow and see if i can get it fixed... Also cleaned up the grounds while i was at it... Will post back tmrw with an update
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You should have a large fuse in the battery box,make sure it’s clean and tight.
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