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Re: Chasing electrical issues in used 2022 Aliner Ranger 10


 

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Hello Lashru:

Welcome to the Aliner Club! We have had our 2000 model for 8 years and have really enjoyed it. I think we paid a premium price just because it was an Aliner, but it had the parts we wanted.

We have worked on most everything on the camper: tires, brakes, 12 volt and 120 volt wiring, new floor, new cabinets, new power box, new tail lights, new AC, new skylight, etc. Except for the brakes we have been able to do the work ourselves.

Our camper came with an instruction manual, that is mostly useless. I would suggest learning how do fix things yourself, paying RV shops will get expensive and slow. Ask around, I'm sure you will find friends that are willing to help you. I've helped others with door repairs and new drawers, etc. We keep a folder with all the papers and also a note book with all the projects we have taken on. I've made our own as built wiring diagrams. Also take lots of photos, before and after. I've posted most of our photos on the IO group photos.

We have stopped at RV show rooms to see the newer Aliners, but still see typical 1x2 wood stapled to thin plywood ( almost equal to fortified cardboard ).

Best wishes and good luck.

Carl.

On 7/1/2024 9:31 PM, lashru@... wrote:

Greetings.

I bought a used 2022 Ranger 10, which I now believe could not have been used much, if at all, based on lack of wear in places that then wore heavily during our first outing. For example, the curtain on the kitchen side is pressed against the propane stove cover, resulting in a hole being worn in the curtain during our first excursion - although the standoffs are in place and firmly seated as they should be. (We put a towel over the stove cover, and this stopped the abrasion. But there shouldn't have been abrasion in the first place, that's the whole point of those standoffs on each side). Aluminum side rails have abrasion wear as well, where there wasn't any when I did the walkthrough. The windows in both sides keep vibrating open during travel, the thumb latch seems to rock loose as a result of road vibration. We discovered the door side was actually resting *on* the kitchen side window, so we added a silicone trivet to protect the window from damage or breakage.

Aliner has been less than helpful, and the RV seller didn't receive all the owner and appliance manuals from the original owner. Pages of the owner's manual - like the wiring diagram - are missing outright. It was, of course, an as-is sale, and everything *appeared* to work correctly during our walkthrough.

We set out on our first trip with a full new battery. On the third day, we had a dead battery. Took it straight to a great RV place, and they found the following:

The ICECO Go20 12V fridge had been wired into the 15A circuit for the interior LED lights and Fantastic Fan. All connections within our tow vehicle were working fine, all connections at the 7-pin were working fine. After my begging, Aliner finally read me the circuits for the converter. They also confirmed the ICECO was original equipment on my model - and that it should have been on a different circuit. I had the RV place rewire the fridge circuit accordingly. After doing so, they ran some additional tests and the ICECO just repeatedly tripped the breaker they'd installed. So they pulled it out for bench-testing. On the bench, it *melted* the 10A socket and wiring (it's supposed to draw a peak of 5A). This seems out of character for ICECO, none of the reviews mentioned any issues like this.

Aliner then informed us that the battery *cannot* charge though either the 7-pin or shore power because it requires higher voltage (over 14V) than either is designed to supply. They say that's why the battery was not recharging either during driving for 10+ hours/day or being on 30A shore power for 12+ hr nights. This seems like a ginormous design flaw to me, but I haven't found any good, simple guides to what it *should* be to work as-is. The RV electrician agrees that the battery should be able to charge correctly off either shore power or our TV through the 7-pin.

Does anyone have a 2022 Ranger 10 dual-bunk wiring diagram to share, please?

Has anyone else run into similar issues on post-2020 models? (The RV electrician we took it to seems to think there was a build quality drop post-pandemic.)

I bought an Aliner because so many people buy them and keep them for years of use. The reviews were almost universally raves. I am, as you might imagine, deeply disappointed in the reality.

Thanks kindly for any useful input or suggestions.?

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