Fuses ????

And if all else fails, contacting Scheiber might throw some light on the problem. http://www.scheiber.com/contact-en/?lang=en

Quote: Deeps wrote in post #16

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Fuses ????

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Mine also looks like the same, and I found that once when turned up on site and EHU nothing worked? faffed about with scratching head then asked a man on site. He asked if the trip was checked. When I looked under the bench I had when getting something out to set up had inadvertently hit the switches off. soon as it was turned on, voila, we had power.

Ah ha! Mine is just like that one. Is this the only trip switch in the system in yours? How do you charge your battery if the BIP doesn't do it?

Quote: Mike_ternary wrote in post #20

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Ah ha! Mine is just like that one. Is this the only trip switch in the system in yours? How do you charge your battery if the BIP doesn't do it?

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OK thanks for that confirmation, one mystery solved at least. I can focus on the mains problem and just charge the battery in the garage

once you get the mains sorted you can put the ctec under the seat next to the bip and charge up anywhere from a nearby socket even away on a site.

Ctek charger arrived and I've attached to the battery (in the garage)... selected recon mode and hoping it will still charge.... trying to sort whats wrong with the main will have to wait till the weekend... I'll start again at the trip switch in the house and work my way down the line.... will keep you posted!

A quick update - I had the battery on charge for several days on the Ctek charger - which failed to get beyond early stages, so I think I have dead battery :-(. Also I have discovered that the Schaudt LA1210 unit I have in the van is actually a mains charger, and should have been charging the battery when on hook-up... so now I have two chargers! I tried to check why there's no mains getting into the van, and checked (with a multimeter) mains on the hookup cable as far as the point where it goes into the van, but is dead from that point in. Hopefully I'll have a bit of time this weekend to take the cover off the BIP/socket from outside and see where the power is getting to. All a bit frustrating. I found a manual for the LA1210 - but its in German and doesn;t contain a wiring diagram so not sure if there's a fuse inside without taking that apart as well. I read on a website somewhere that the most common cause of charger failures is a faulty battery.... maybe that is te source of my woes...

Hello there - I only have an analog multimeter at the mo, so a bit hard to tell with any accuracy... I have a couple of dirt cheap digital voltmeters winging their way to be from the world of eBay, so when they arrive I hope to be able to find out a bit more about whats happening with the thing. Will keep you posted. I've seen other posts which tell me that if it less than 12v then its fully discharged, and if I can;t get it to rise above that when its been on charge for a day or so, then I'll give it a decent funeral and find a new one.

Thanks for your help and support - much appreciated!

It sounds like the mains may be terminal so way beyond my help however the more intrepid members have boldly gone where I would need an expert.

Complete new Electrical System in 1998 Familia

Or

How to: Modernise Old-fashioned BIP Electrics

Good luck