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Reply #20 –
That was the schematic for my Monaco, one knob for both mirrors by rotating 1/4 turn. The schematic posted says for manual or stationary convex mirrors.

Re: Trouble shooting ds power mirrors

Reply #21 –
Quote from: craneman –
That was the schematic for my Monaco, one knob for both mirrors by rotating 1/4 turn. The schematic posted says for manual or stationary convex mirrors.
In any case, that's the schematic for our mirrors except the wiring to the upper and lower motors are color coded the same from the switch to the motors. So "stationary" or "manual" must mean that the case does not move, but the mirrors do.

Re: Trouble shooting ds power mirrors

Reply #22 –
Reply # 2 right here in the forum for the power convex.

Ramco Mirror Wiring Colors

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Reply #23 –
I dug through the big box of paper (the owners manuals and records) and found the color coded wiring diagram for the mirrors. Checked the function of the switch with 12 volt test light I think everything is in order there.  I took the flat glass off the mirror to check that side. I am still having trouble getting in there due to the aluminum plate the mirror attaches to is almost as big. There is a plug behind it, but I am scared I won't be able to plug it back in. I got side tracked as I had a glass co fix a rock chip in the windshield. Going to get back at it try to figure this out

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Reply #24 –
There are medical tools like forceps also some needle nose pliers long tweezers = 6".
That might help maneuver the plugs behind the mirrors if not removed. The utube video gives a good showing of removal of glass. Heavy weight floss or thin wire may work.

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Reply #25 –
Quote from: Chuck & Jeannie –
That's called a ZOMBIE thread.  Happens around here all the time.  That's the great thing about this Forum - we get to benefit from hard-earned knowledge posted many years ago by members with the exact same problem.  No need to reinvent the wheel.



The only zombie threads that aren't allowed to continue are those in the Yahoo Archive board, but we'll split those out to new topics when we see them ;)

Re: Trouble shooting ds power mirrors

Reply #26 –
Quote from: Michelle Long –
Thank you all very much huge help.  I will check switch first. The ground is not something I thought of.

Don't think of the ground as a discrete connection, think of it as a continuation of the path of electricity.  That's actually what it is (current flows in a loop and returns to its source).  So current (and thus power) flows to something and then back to its source, and if there isn't a low-impedence continuous path, it will not flow.

Re: Trouble shooting ds power mirrors

Reply #27 –
Unfortunately after the better part of 2 days messing with the mirror, I bailed out and put it back together with out getting it fixed. I was defeated.  I checked the switch and it had power and checked with 12 volt tester and was functioning properly. I then took the flat mirror out to access the wires to the motors. Checked to see if I was getting power at the motors while operating the switch. I had nothing at the motors. Figured I had some sort of problem with wire between the switch and the motor. Tried tracing the wire between switch and motor, it was wire tied to a massive bundle of wires. I was unable to find a problem but the wires were hidden under the dash and the back of the top of dash. I was also unable to get to the corner where the wire goes through the body to the mirror arm. Considered trying to run a new wire from the switch to the mirror. I previously said I traced the wire from the switch to the mirror, I must have dreamed that I did it as there is no way I did. I may circle back to this project at some point but for now I have a nice manual mirror.

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Reply #29 –
Quote from: Michelle Long –
I may circle back to this project at some point but for now I have a nice manual mirror.
If it makes you feel any better, I VERY seldom find it necessary to move our mirrors.  We have the Ramco mirrors with flat glass on the top and convex glass on the bottom.  We also added the "Top Hat" accessory mirrors from Ramco.  The combo of all 3 mirrors provides a very good view of both sides of our coach.  Once I have our mirrors adjusted where I want them, I never touch the mirror controls.

 

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Reply #30 –
Yes I realized that once it's adjusted don't need to move often. That's what made me abandon the project before I wasted more time on it. I had other projects waiting on me. The wire tracing device might be helpful if I get back to this.