Hi Rayza

I think there is a avan dealer at Morriset, sorry I don't have an address for them. Hope this helps.

Ashley

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.

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

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

A new board wouldn't be that expensive ? Depending how old it is? Bring up to spec!!

dorian wrote:

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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?

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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

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)