General Boards > Redecorating and Updating your Motorhome

Marquis replacement ceiling panels

<< < (2/4) > >>

Dave Cunningham:
Hi Ed, good tip on the filament check but how could just a few of the bulbs be lighting and not all, this one really has me baffled, as it has happened to every single ceiling panel.

Dave

Edward Buker:
Dave,

I do not know how these light chains are wired. The folks at BCS in Bend I'm sure have run into this before given they have redone these panels for customers. It would be worth calling them and see how this is resolved. The fact that all the panels are doing the same thing would mean that it is a systematic problem with disconnecting and reconnecting them. It may be one of those things that is obvious in the end when you get it sorted out...

Later Ed

Dave Cunningham:
Hey, Ed,

That is the first thing I did this morning, called Ken , and he said he had never heard of that problem, the lights are wired in parallel , so one bulb should not effect the others . If I can' t figure it out, I am just going to buy some 12 volt led rope lights, and switch them out. ( yay, another project ) oh well, it's raining again here so I can't work on the generator .

Edward Buker:
It may be that with age, due to corrosion, poor solder technique, etc. that the connections were very fragile and any movement broke the systematicly weak links.....only thing I can come up with. Keep plugging away, you will get there. If you go the led rope light direction they should be very reliable.

What did you thin the Varathane with and how much do you add for spraying? I have read Naptha at 20% and mineral spirits at 15% from some folks who have sprayed it. Not sure what the manufacturer says...

Later Ed

Dave Cunningham:
Ed, I sprayed the Varathane straight out of the can, and it worked perfectly, the thicker you can get it on there the better as it takes awhile to fill in the grain, I refinished some stuff in my 2000 marquis , the table top in-particular, and used automotive clear, which worked really well, this time I thought I would try the Varathane, because it has that sort of golden look to it , when you build up a few layers. I'm not sure how you guys have been effected by the new government regs on paint, most of our solvent based paints , here in Canada has been phased out and replaced by waterborne , we can still buy oil based Varathane buy the quart, though, the gallon does not meet the voc regulations.  

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page