Steve2011

Thanks Happycarz Sorry about the confusion of who said what!! I’ve ordered my relay kits when they get here I’ll add these to the headlight circuits. Thanks again for everyone’s help. Steve

Thanks Happycarz. I appreciate all your help Steve

Howdy Tom and HappyCarz Gentlemen- Thanks for all your help with diagrams, pictures and explanations. I have figured out my problem with no headlights. Tom you are correct there is-was a spare relay along with a few spare fuses on the bottom of my FRB circuit board. I had used the spare relay as my test relay. Guess what it’s NO GOOD!! I borrowed a relay from a different location because I was having doubts and wala headlights are working. Now I know I have read discussions on adding relay to the low beam circuit to eliminate so load issues plus using a different brand of relay but can’t find those articles. Can you steer me again. Thanks again Steve

Howdy folks. Okay I’m just now getting back to my no headlight issue. A number of you are alot more savvy to the wiring on these Monaco coaches. So to refresh I have a 2011 Diplomat 43PD5. I have verified everything connected to smart wheel except headlights work as they are supposed to. I have 13.3 volts going to hl switch. Same voltage leaves switch on hl wire to the VIP controller at connector J1-6. It leaves the controller at connector J2-6. I have no power at pin-wire #67 at base of steering column. What am I not seeing or following??

Thanks Kevin. Every little bit of info helps

Great help. Thanks. I’ll jump into this next week when family leave. Much appreciated

My 2011 frb and rrb look exactly the same as yours. Not being derogatory but I’ve come to the conclusion if you own a Monaco that was built in the bankruptcy era you are kind of screwed because NOBODY really knows what you have. It’s trial and error. Just saying. I will look at some other wiring diagrams that have been mentioned to see if they match up. Thanks

Thanks Jim Similar that I but I put a stand-alone system in for now. I have a few things I need to do before I reattach my problem. I will post what I find. Thanks for your input. Greatly appreciated

Howdy. No I have not resolved my No headlight issue. I rewired so I had lights if needed when I was traveling. But ended up not needing as we seldom travel after dark. We just got settled in Yuma for the winter so I need to tackle my problem. What problem did you have and how did you fix it?

Howdy Jim. Thanks for your information to my puzzle. We’ve been on the road since end of September so I haven’t looked at my problem. Before we left I rewired my low beams to operate on a different switch-relay and power. I also replaced my driving lights. As like you we very seldom travel at night so not having easy on off headlamps hasn’t been an issue. When we get to Yuma next week we will be sitting until April so I’ll get back into my problem. I very much appreciate your input. I’ll start over in my diagnostic’s in case I overlooked something and everything is fresh in my mind. Like you I have found the wiring diagrams I acquired from REV aren’t always truthful. Thanks Steve

Howdy. I pulled the SM211 module and plugs and connectors all looked good. I actually opened the box and looked at circuit board it also looked good. So I have done a rewrite so I at least have low beams. We very rarely travel after sunset so that should get me to Yuma. I’ll look for someone that’s smarter than me. Thanks for your advice. Steve

I was cking pin 30 lights on No Power I’m not at coach when I get back tomorrow I’ll ck VCB and VCC. If I remember correctly I had power at connector pins. I will double ck. Thanks

Dan. I thought of that also. I crawled under dash tonight and ck’d switch. Has battery voltage-12.8 volts coming in 12.72 leaving on headlight wire. So switch test good. Thanks for the thought

I thought of that so swapped the clearance light relay but didn’t help

Howdy all. I’ve posted this problem on another site but not getting the help I need. We have a 2011 Monaco Diplomat 43PD5 about 35k miles. I can’t tell you exactly when headlights quit working because we usually don’t run at night. I was replacing faded headlight assy when I realized neither low or high beams were working. All other lights work- clearance, tail, brake, turn, backup, driving. I can only find one 20 amp fuse labeled headlights and it’s good. I located HL relay-No Power. I finally located smartwheel controller and believe it is working. With headlights on when I press any of the steering wheel buttons I hear a click and the green indicator light turns red then goes back green. This coach has the Sm 211 REV B controller.