Looking for help from other OnTour or Pleasure-Way owners who have dealt with a similar solar charging issue.
The setup: 2020 Pleasure-Way OnTour 2.0 on a Ford Transit chassis, ~200W Carmanah solar panels, Go Power GP-PWM-30 controller.
The symptom:
• PV voltage at the controller solar terminals reads a healthy ~19-20V in sunlight
• Coach battery bank reads ~13.2-13.4V at the batteries (all coach 12V loads working normally after resetting an 80A breaker)
• Controller Battery #1 terminals read only ~1.8V, which looks like a classic open-circuit/phantom voltage
• Go Power display is essentially dead/blank because it is not seeing battery voltage
What I think is going on:
Based on Go Power’s troubleshooting guidance, this points to an open fuse, breaker, or broken wiring connection in the battery feed path between the controller and the coach batteries. Solar panels and battery bank both check out fine individually. The controller just can not “see” the battery.
What I’m trying to locate:
1. The 30A fuse/breaker near the red key Charge Line Disconnect – I know it is there per the manual but want to confirm exact location and whether it is a blade fuse or thermal breaker on a 2020 build
2. The 10-30A solar fuse in the cabinet above the fridge – any tips on accessing it (which panel to remove, etc.)
3. Whether there is an inline fuse behind the Go Power controller/display panel itself
I found a ClassBForum post from a Pleasure-Way Ascent owner who had the exact same symptom and it turned out to be a blown fuse behind the Go Power display panel. Pleasure-Way support sent photos and the owner had it fixed in 10 minutes.
Has anyone on an OnTour dealt with this? If you have photos of the fuse locations in the solar charging path I would really appreciate it. Trying to work through this with a multimeter before taking it to a shop.
Thanks in advance.
The setup: 2020 Pleasure-Way OnTour 2.0 on a Ford Transit chassis, ~200W Carmanah solar panels, Go Power GP-PWM-30 controller.
The symptom:
• PV voltage at the controller solar terminals reads a healthy ~19-20V in sunlight
• Coach battery bank reads ~13.2-13.4V at the batteries (all coach 12V loads working normally after resetting an 80A breaker)
• Controller Battery #1 terminals read only ~1.8V, which looks like a classic open-circuit/phantom voltage
• Go Power display is essentially dead/blank because it is not seeing battery voltage
What I think is going on:
Based on Go Power’s troubleshooting guidance, this points to an open fuse, breaker, or broken wiring connection in the battery feed path between the controller and the coach batteries. Solar panels and battery bank both check out fine individually. The controller just can not “see” the battery.
What I’m trying to locate:
1. The 30A fuse/breaker near the red key Charge Line Disconnect – I know it is there per the manual but want to confirm exact location and whether it is a blade fuse or thermal breaker on a 2020 build
2. The 10-30A solar fuse in the cabinet above the fridge – any tips on accessing it (which panel to remove, etc.)
3. Whether there is an inline fuse behind the Go Power controller/display panel itself
I found a ClassBForum post from a Pleasure-Way Ascent owner who had the exact same symptom and it turned out to be a blown fuse behind the Go Power display panel. Pleasure-Way support sent photos and the owner had it fixed in 10 minutes.
Has anyone on an OnTour dealt with this? If you have photos of the fuse locations in the solar charging path I would really appreciate it. Trying to work through this with a multimeter before taking it to a shop.
Thanks in advance.
