Just had a problem with my Avan electrics. The plastic elbow on the hot water system developed a crack spraying my elektroblock power unit with water, consequently since electricity and water don't like each other the unit has failed. I have managed to dry everything out after replacing the cracked elbow and connect a Ctek battery charger to the battery to keep it going to supply power to the lights. We are currently on the road but will be home next week, does anyone know where in the Newcastle region I can get someone to look and hopefully repair the power unit?
first timer said
07:24 PM Nov 15, 2014
Hi Rayza
I think there is a avan dealer at Morriset, sorry I don't have an address for them. Hope this helps.
Ashley
hako said
08:49 PM Nov 15, 2014
Here it is:
AVAN MORISSET
Address: 57 Alliance Ave, Morisett, NSW 2264
Phone: 02 4970 4131
Fax: 02 4973 4121
Email: morisset@avannsw.com.au
Website: www.avannsw.com.au
Rayza said
09:02 PM Nov 15, 2014
Yes thanks for that I know about them but I was hoping there might be an electronics repairer closer to Newcastle where I could just remove the unit and take it to them for repair. If the unit cannot be repaired them I will have to go to Avan for a replacement unit but was hoping to get out of my predicament a bit cheaper.
valiant81 said
09:37 AM Nov 16, 2014
Hi all;
Why not try a couple of the local television repair centres in your area. Most power supplys are very basic and easly fixed. I always had a steady stream of customers come in to the shop where i used to work, all type of repairs would flood in. Every thing from the latest television to mobility scooters, juke boxes, PA systems from the local high school.
On the other hand see if you can find the manufactures lable and google the company, maybe and it is some time better just to send the fauly unit to them and let them repair it for you. They would also have all of the parts at hand.
A couple of years ok i was given a couple of non working uhf radios that had died. for the cost of postage and the cost of the repairs to both units, and it worked out at about $120 for both units, repaired and sent back to be in a couple of weeks. For that cost I could not repair the radios for that amount of money. Both units are still working to day.
Rayza said
05:36 PM Nov 16, 2014
Thanks no it's an elektroblock unit manufactured in Germany, don't think I want to send it there but thanks for your I put when I get back I will search the yellow pages
bowlerbear said
10:36 AM Nov 17, 2014
If an ordinary auto elec can help I'm getting some work done by Crane's at Waratah in the street between the council car park and the old western suburbs hospital. He came highly recommended by a tow truck driver/ex mechanic. Or he may know where you could go anyway.
Chris
oldtrack123 said
04:48 PM Nov 17, 2014
Hi Why not contact Avan themselves& ask if they can tell you who services them near you
In fact they should not be doing any work on 240V equipment PeterQ
-- Edited by oldtrack123 on Monday 17th of November 2014 04:51:21 PM
Rayza said
07:55 PM Nov 17, 2014
Ok thanks all for your comments I have contacted an electronics repairer in Newcastle who said they could look at the unit for me when I return next week as I can also supply them with a wiring diagram of the unit from the units manual.
Aus-Kiwi said
10:25 PM Nov 18, 2014
A new board wouldn't be that expensive ? Depending how old it is? Bring up to spec!!
dorian said
06:53 AM Nov 19, 2014
I wonder how many "repairers" of electronic equipment really are repairers in the true sense of the word.
Twenty years ago everything was repairable to chip level, so the technicians who were around in those days would have had the requisite knowledge and experience to tackle those kinds of repairs. However, these days most appliances use surface mounted technology and highly integrated ICs, so chip level repairs are often not economically feasible. Moreover, I suspect that most of today's techs are little more than board jockeys and wouldn't know where to begin troubleshooting anything more complicated than a toaster. Am I being too cynical, or is the repair trade doomed to follow us old farts into the grave?
oldtrack123 said
11:43 AM Nov 19, 2014
dorian wrote:
I wonder how many "repairers" of electronic equipment really are repairers in the true sense of the word.
Twenty years ago everything was repairable to chip level, so the technicians who were around in those days would have had the requisite knowledge and experience to tackle those kinds of repairs. However, these days most appliances use surface mounted technology and highly integrated ICs, so chip level repairs are often not economically feasible. Moreover, I suspect that most of today's techs are little more than board jockeys and wouldn't know where to begin troubleshooting anything more complicated than a toaster. Am I being too cynical, or is the repair trade doomed to follow us old farts into the grave?
Hi Dorian
You have hit it on the head
If the problem cannot be solved by exchanging a board, most are hopeless
I refer to those as card jockeys
They also have problems if the fault is not listed in the service manual
Some are just incapable of applying theory
PeterQ
-- Edited by oldtrack123 on Wednesday 19th of November 2014 11:45:58 AM
Brenda and Alan said
09:06 PM Nov 19, 2014
Is the power supply unit in the Avan a battery charger or just a regulated power supply. If the latter I have a unit that Coromal used to fit in their vans. It is regulated to 12.8 volts @ 12.5 Amps . If it is of use its yours.
Alan
Rayza said
05:27 PM Nov 22, 2014
The power supply unit in the Avan is a battery charger, 240/12 volt "transformer" and can also regulate a solar input and a 12 volt booster for incoming 12 v ie from car as well controls/distributes the output from a battery to the 12v appliances in the van when free camping off the battery. Avan do not connect the solar input and the 12v booster function as you need special plugs to connect into the power supply unit. The battery charging function and transformer function are not working on mine due to water ingress into the unit. The 12 volt control/distribution functions still work ok. I disconnected the Avan supply from the 240v and connected a Ctek 8 stage battery charger to the battery and actually all the 12 volt stuff worked great during our last fortnight in the van. It just meant that whilst we were on 240v all the 12 volt stuff fed straight from the battery with the Ctek charger monitoring and keeping the battery full. Actually I think the Ctek charger is better for the battery than the original Elektroblock unit as the Ctek unit smart function applies the appropriate recharge voltage depending on the discharge rate of the battery. I still would like to get the unit repaired but if the price is going to exhorbatent than I won't bother. ( just for interest sake the power supply was inundated with water from the busted water fitting on Saturday and I didn't realise the battery was charging until the Wed night so the battery lasted 5 days until the low battery warning light illuminated on the control panel)
oldtrack123 said
10:39 PM Nov 22, 2014
HI Rayza The correct terminology for the Electroblock is" A DC power supply & charger
"Peforms much the same as a Setec "Power supply & charger" only has a lot more features
Just had a problem with my Avan electrics. The plastic elbow on the hot water system developed a crack spraying my elektroblock power unit with water, consequently since electricity and water don't like each other the unit has failed. I have managed to dry everything out after replacing the cracked elbow and connect a Ctek battery charger to the battery to keep it going to supply power to the lights. We are currently on the road but will be home next week, does anyone know where in the Newcastle region I can get someone to look and hopefully repair the power unit?
Hi Rayza
I think there is a avan dealer at Morriset, sorry I don't have an address for them. Hope this helps.
Ashley
AVAN MORISSET
Address: 57 Alliance Ave, Morisett, NSW 2264
Phone: 02 4970 4131
Fax: 02 4973 4121
Email: morisset@avannsw.com.au
Website: www.avannsw.com.au
Hi all;
Why not try a couple of the local television repair centres in your area. Most power supplys are very basic and easly fixed. I always had a steady stream of customers come in to the shop where i used to work, all type of repairs would flood in. Every thing from the latest television to mobility scooters, juke boxes, PA systems from the local high school.
On the other hand see if you can find the manufactures lable and google the company, maybe and it is some time better just to send the fauly unit to them and let them repair it for you. They would also have all of the parts at hand.
A couple of years ok i was given a couple of non working uhf radios that had died. for the cost of postage and the cost of the repairs to both units, and it worked out at about $120 for both units, repaired and sent back to be in a couple of weeks. For that cost I could not repair the radios for that amount of money. Both units are still working to day.
If an ordinary auto elec can help I'm getting some work done by Crane's at Waratah in the street between the council car park and the old western suburbs hospital. He came highly recommended by a tow truck driver/ex mechanic. Or he may know where you could go anyway.
Chris
Hi
Why not contact Avan themselves& ask if they can tell you who services them near you
www.avan.com.au/
It is hardly the field of an auto electrician!!
In fact they should not be doing any work on 240V equipment
PeterQ
-- Edited by oldtrack123 on Monday 17th of November 2014 04:51:21 PM
Twenty years ago everything was repairable to chip level, so the technicians who were around in those days would have had the requisite knowledge and experience to tackle those kinds of repairs. However, these days most appliances use surface mounted technology and highly integrated ICs, so chip level repairs are often not economically feasible. Moreover, I suspect that most of today's techs are little more than board jockeys and wouldn't know where to begin troubleshooting anything more complicated than a toaster. Am I being too cynical, or is the repair trade doomed to follow us old farts into the grave?
Hi Dorian
You have hit it on the head
If the problem cannot be solved by exchanging a board, most are hopeless
I refer to those as card jockeys
They also have problems if the fault is not listed in the service manual
Some are just incapable of applying theory
PeterQ
-- Edited by oldtrack123 on Wednesday 19th of November 2014 11:45:58 AM
Is the power supply unit in the Avan a battery charger or just a regulated power supply. If the latter I have a unit that Coromal used to fit in their vans. It is regulated to 12.8 volts @ 12.5 Amps . If it is of use its yours.
Alan
HI Rayza
The correct terminology for the Electroblock is" A DC power supply & charger
"Peforms much the same as a Setec "Power supply & charger" only has a lot more features
The Model EBL269 has an 18A charger
www.acpasion.net/foro/archivosadjuntos/obelix/manuales/Schaudt_Electroblock_EBL269_Ingles.pdf
PeterQ
-- Edited by oldtrack123 on Saturday 22nd of November 2014 10:42:42 PM