JayDee
Free Member
Our Dethleffs has a control panel above the door that displays (with multi-position switches) FW tank level, Waste water tank level, Vehicle battery state, Leisure battery state, time, temperature (in and out) charge state meter for leisure battery, 12v on/off switch, 240 v indicator light and battery alarm. Recently the meter that should display the first four functions failed to show any reading, though the meter did illuminate.
A couple of calls to dealers resulted in a couple of offers to replace the panel (i.e. the WHOLE panel) at a cost of about £350 plus shipping charges plus fitting charges, plus getting the MH there (not much change from £500 - though in reality I would have been able to fit it myself).
The panel is, like a lot of continental vans, made by Schaude, so I googled them and sent an e-mail asking if they could help.
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The upshot was that I sent the panel to them (cost <£10) and they repaired it and sent it back by UPS (C.O.D. <€90). Fitted yesterday evening and it's all working fine.
So if you have problems and think that a complete panel replacement is an unreasonable route try what I did. You may well be delighted.
Unfortunately, despite them being advised not to return the panel before 1st. April (nobody home), it was sat on our kitchen table when we returned home, so we now have to figure out how to pay for it - but that's a different story oh:.
Hope this is of use to somebody.
John
A couple of calls to dealers resulted in a couple of offers to replace the panel (i.e. the WHOLE panel) at a cost of about £350 plus shipping charges plus fitting charges, plus getting the MH there (not much change from £500 - though in reality I would have been able to fit it myself).
The panel is, like a lot of continental vans, made by Schaude, so I googled them and sent an e-mail asking if they could help.
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The upshot was that I sent the panel to them (cost <£10) and they repaired it and sent it back by UPS (C.O.D. <€90). Fitted yesterday evening and it's all working fine.
So if you have problems and think that a complete panel replacement is an unreasonable route try what I did. You may well be delighted.
Unfortunately, despite them being advised not to return the panel before 1st. April (nobody home), it was sat on our kitchen table when we returned home, so we now have to figure out how to pay for it - but that's a different story oh:.
Hope this is of use to somebody.
John