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Started by Campaholics, Jun 20, 2005, 07:58 PM

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Campaholics

I think I have a very rare option.  We have a power lift on our Sea Pine.  The only problem is the three prong connector to the up/down control switch.  The boot over the connection is a loose fit, and provides no protection from flexing the wire ends.  After a time, the wires break.  The wires are thin, maybe 22 ga, and break right where they enter the sleeves.
 
Has anyone come up with a good fix for this kind of problem?
 
Thanks,
Bob

zamboni

Not entirely, but when the switch to ours shorted out (go up, not down - we have a 2002 Coleman Niagara with electric lift), I discovered how to hot-wire it.

Using an 18-ga wire with both ends stripped, put one in the right side hole (neutral), and the other in the top to go up... or bottom left to go down.

Worked fine for many weeks, until the OEM manufacturer sent me a free replacement switch :)  The wires never broke, however.

Now, I travel with that wire in my "junk box", just in case.

Campaholics

Gene,

I have a jumper in my tool box too.  I wonder if filling the boot with silicone seal will keep the wires from flexing.  Any thoughts?
 
Bob