Anyone got one of these in good working order?

[Sunlovers]

Our control panel has developed a very minor fault in that the clock function cannot be set. No matter which way I try to spoof it to take the setting for the hours and minutes, as soon as you enter the minutes and press the clock button it reverts to 0:00. I've removed the leads feeding it and left them disconnected for hours, but that's not made a jot of difference. My concern is that now this basic function has failed, what might be next? I'm thinking if I can source another panel (at a sensible cost) I might be tempted to have one as a spare. I did contact CBE direct but they told me that they were a special making for Rapido and that they did not hold any spares of that particular board.

So, I am just putting it out there to see if anything catches

 

[berni109]

How about setting it at midnight?

 

[SteveJ]

If you have no joy sourcing a spare you could try seeing if it is repairable, these guys will probably be able to help It looks like the base CBE unit is a standard CBE unit which simply has a overlay on the front specific for the motorhome manufacturer, however yours does appear to have a couple of extra buttons (AUX1 & AUX2) otherwise it appears to be a PC200.

 

[Neil Bedwin]

Interesting display. It's not 0:00 as a time display might be it 000. Sure it's not an error code?

 

[bigtwin]

Have a word with these guys:

http://www.apuljackengineering.co.uk/

This page lists a number of CBE Products:

Product and Repair List

List of items for repair for caravan and motorhomes

www.apuljackengineering.co.uk

Ian

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[eddie]

Our control panel has developed a very minor fault in that the clock function cannot be set. No matter which way I try to spoof it to take the setting for the hours and minutes, as soon as you enter the minutes and press the clock button it reverts to 0:00. I've removed the leads feeding it and left them disconnected for hours, but that's not made a jot of difference. My concern is that now this basic function has failed, what might be next? I'm thinking if I can source another panel (at a sensible cost) I might be tempted to have one as a spare. I did contact CBE direct but they told me that they were a special making for Rapido and that they did not hold any spares of that particular board.

So, I am just putting it out there to see if anything catches

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£2.99 and a bit of Blutack

 

[Sunlovers]

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I did say that to Mrs T when it failed, and indeed, we do have a couple of cheap digital clocks dotted around the van which we refer to, but it was more the fact that as something has stopped functioning, what might be next?

Last year we found a reduced price clock in Lidl's centre aisle for €3.00 which is radio controlled and keeps perfect time, it just won't stay stuck above the hab door though

 

[Sunlovers]

Interesting display. It's not 0:00 as a time display might be it 000. Sure it's not an error code?

An interesting observation for sure, I hadn't picked up on that .... everything else seems to be functioning A-OK though. I'll see if I can find a list of possible error codes for the panel.

 

[jonasw19]

I noticed on your picture that the ?water level icon is displayed below the figures.
Maybe you need to press the clock button to change the icon and then go through the clock settings.
Jon

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

I had a similar problem on a swift van, the control panel clock set the timing for heaters etc hot water, which I suppose it's, what you need it for. I took mine off the wall and I am sure there was a reset button, or hole to reset it, on the back. Can't recall really but sure there was.

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[Neil Bedwin]

A similar Rapido Control Panel. All you are missing is the % symbol. Are you sure it is not trying to tell you it thinks the water tank is empty?

Had a look here and can't find a 000 displayed. Could be telling you the water sensor is disconnected or no power. http://www.chrismart.byethost15.com/Materials/Manuals/Rapido/I.htm

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

A couple of answers show that your panel is actually showing the water level, not a clock reading. If you have an instruction manual it needs checking. Otherwise try to download one. Unless someone on here with the same panel can describe how to get it back into clock mode.

 

[Sunlovers]

I noticed on your picture that the ?water level icon is displayed below the figures.
Maybe you need to press the clock button to change the icon and then go through the clock settings.
Jon

Thanks Jon, the tank is drained and currently bone dry at the moment, hence why the water level icon is flashing permanently when the unit is powered on.

 

[Sunlovers]

A couple of answers show that your panel is actually showing the water level, not a clock reading. If you have an instruction manual it needs checking. Otherwise try to download one. Unless someone on here with the same panel can describe how to get it back into clock mode.

If I fill the water tank the problem still exists though. The level indicator function works fine, as does the 80/90% filled (get ready to stop filling alert). I used to be able to "set" the clock time by pressing and holding the clock button until the first digit flashed, then amend the time by use of the up/down arrowed buttons, which when I then pressed the clock button to exit it stored the set time. The logic no longer works and it appears not to be able to save the set time to memory.

I am pretty sure I do have the manual at home in the original dealership pack though, I'll have a better look tonight.

 

[Sunlovers]

I had a similar problem on a swift van, the control panel clock set the timing for heaters etc hot water, which I suppose it's, what you need it for. I took mine off the wall and I am sure there was a reset button, or hole to reset it, on the back. Can't recall really but sure there was.

Our van doesn't have the option to use a timer function for heating or water etc, so I had always presumed that the clock function was in the mix simply because the library of programming code that everyone uses always has a clock function included. If it was never in there, we wouldn't be concerned about not having a little clock above the door, but it was always good to see it functioning as a "everything is OK on board" indicator (silly really, but I guess you know what I mean?). My real angst is that if the ability to write a time setting to flash memory has gone kaput, what else might give up the ghost ..... if the memory chip is breaking down it might just let go of everything else that it carries as essential to function

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[Off da Grid]

Just a suggestion.
Is there a battery backup battery fitted.
Our nordelectric display has a CR2032 battery to keep the time if the panel looses power.
Maybe if you have it may be dead causing a non reset?

 

[pappajohn]

Disconnect all power to the panel and it may reset.
DISCONNECT, not just turn off.

 

[Sunlovers]

Disconnect all power to the panel and it may reset.
DISCONNECT, not just turn off.

Pappajohn, yup, completely removed it from the fitting, disconnected the loom plug and depressed the reset button. No joy, done it more than once too, but it just stubbornly refuses to come back good. The original image I posted up actually caught the flashing colon on an "off" flash hence why it looks like it's not displaying a clock display (that remark had puzzled me and so I had to go explore what was amiss).

Off da Grid - I will check again just to be sure, but I am pretty certain there wasn't a CR2032 style battery - but maybe there is one hidden that I didn't spot.

Watch this space.

 

[Sunlovers]

OK, so, and I know this thread has gone rather cold, but, this week, something spooky has happened with our CBE panel. We have been away for a couple of weeks and as always, I vainly try to set the clock again, just to see if it will take my entry. It didn't, and as this was almost two weeks ago, we have been travelling with 0:00 showing on the display when powered up (i.e no clock)

Our water level gauge which has always been rock solid and very accurate to the actual water level in the tank, but four days ago it started telling me there was only 20% remaining when in fact, there had to have been a good 70% in the tank (visible check). I duly filled the tank but the reading only went up to 60% and refused to change (upwards). OK says I, there must be a calibration setting somewhere, I'll look for it when we return home as I'm not fiddling with it whilst we are away.

Well, later that afternoon I happened to glance at the CBE panel and blow me down, the clock was ticking merrily away (albeit completely the wrong time, obvs.) Strange says I, OK, let me see if I can now set it to the correct time .... This I did without any ado, and the new time setting was saved and displayed (and, two days on, it is still showing the correct time for us). So, the question is still up there somewhere, is something starting to be a bit flaky with the clock now deciding to start working again and the water gauge to stop reporting accurately? Who knows eh?

Sadly, we would rather have the water gauge reading right over the clock showing the time

 

[wolfie2]

If you have been away for 2 weeks is it perhaps that the van has dried out thoroughly and this issue is a bad connection caused by moisture. Just a thought.

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[Sunlovers]

If you have been away for 2 weeks is it perhaps that the van has dried out thoroughly and this issue is a bad connection caused by moisture. Just a thought.

Hmmm, nope, wouldn't say that was the likely culprit, we have had the van away in August and prior to that it had baked in the early summer sun and it never "righted" itself during that time, but it's always a possibility I suppose. The back of the CBE panel is also very clean and there are no indications of moisture corrosion on the pin surfaces.

Today I have tweaked the calibration screw on the module head for the water level indicator and it now reads 50% for the half tank that is in there. Draining off ten litres it drops to 40% and immediately reads 50% when I canted it back in the bunghole. Another suck it and see job now ....