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  • 1998 Liberty living room lights not working

    Posted by Archived on January 5, 2023 at 6:40 am

    We have a 1998 Liberty Elegant Lady (#361). The living room lights suddenly stopped worked.

    In trying to diagnose the problem I decided to check for a fuse issue then discovered that since we do not have the original Liberty User manual I don’t know which fuse to check.

    Does anyone have a set of Liberty user manuals or know which fuse to check?

    Any other ideas?

    Jeff replied 3 years, 6 months ago 9 Members · 11 Replies
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  • Jon

    Member
    January 5, 2023 at 11:00 am

    I believe they are powered via the Allen Bradley PLC system. Open the electric bay and look to the rear and notice the red LED lights. Have someone alternately turn the light switch on and off while you look at that light panel.

    It might be one of those tiny relays is bad and if so the LED that is flashing on and off will show you which relay is bad. If that is the case swap with another, or better yet if you have a spare replace it.

    Report back so other Liberty owners can use this advise or ignore my future posts.

  • Jon

    Member
    January 11, 2023 at 8:48 am

    Thanks Jon,

    Are you referring to the led light above each relay or to a group of lights?

    I think I only gave one light that comes on but it doesn’t blink. Will try again.

    Also, I’m still looking for the electrical diagram. Have tried Liberty but they don’t have it going to our coach.

    Thanks,

    Nick

  • Dick

    Member
    January 11, 2023 at 10:01 am

    Nick, if the problem is a relay it is a two person diagnosis.

    One person has to continuously turn the failed lights on or off, while the second watches for a blinking red LED over the relay. To verify it is a relay failure, swap with one on a circuit that works. If the LR lights still do not work it is not the relay.

  • Dick

    Member
    January 11, 2023 at 1:36 pm

    Are your living room lights controlled by a push switch or rotary dimmer? Or maybe I should be asking how they are controlled?

  • joel

    Member
    January 11, 2023 at 2:18 pm

    Joel made me think of something. If you’ve converted your incandescent ceiling lights to LED the dimmer on pad that’s immediately behind the driver’s seat doesn’t work well with most LED lights. The dimmer needs to be turn full up for the LED ceiling lights to work. Someone might have inadvertently futzed with the dimmer and which could have rendered the ceiling lights inoperable.

    Otherwise, the advice and counsel you’re getting from Jon W is exactly what I would do … but I have yet to do it in our Elegant Lady coach.


    1999 XLV X-6872,  liberty #440
  • Roscoeapproved

    Member
    January 11, 2023 at 2:28 pm

    My point is this; with my oem setup, I believe I have a living room light touch pad on my touchscreens which must be on before the lights can be operated by the rotary dimmers….ie both switches must be on. If the touch pad has been inadvertantly shut off, which has happened to me, lights no workie.


    Jeff and Lindsay

    91 Marathon XL
  • DON

    Member
    February 9, 2023 at 10:58 am

    Thanks to everyone for the help on resolving our lighting issue.

    Checked the relay associated with the Living Room lights and replaced. All good now.

    Thanks again!

  • Ramco

    Member
    February 9, 2023 at 1:49 pm

    Was the relay on the Allen-Bradley board? Or was it another kind of relay? Glad you got it fixed.

  • Steve

    Member
    February 9, 2023 at 2:14 pm

    Can you take a photo of the relay. Always good to know where these are and what they look like

  • Jeff

    Member
    February 9, 2023 at 4:49 pm

    Theirs is an “elegant Lady”, yours/mine is a “classic”. two different animals.

  • Archived

    Member
    February 10, 2023 at 5:21 pm

    Please see attached photos of relay.

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