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Mesanto
Explorer
May 02, 2024

Chasis Battery 1998 FW Discovery

Hello I changed out the chasis batterie the other day. I get power to then RV but the RV will not turn over the windshield wipers come on that is all it does please help ! Greatly appreciated 

  • Sounds like "batteries" indicates more than one. Did you wire them in a series or parallel, did you mistakenly reverse polarity? Things like wipers may work forwards or backwards. 

  • Are you sure you hooked the batteries up correctly? If it is not obvious which cables go where did you take some pictures before starting.

  • Lots more info needed. Did you change the house battery or chassis battery? What type of RV is this? Did you change it out to the proper, well charged battery? 

     

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      Mesanto
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      Well i took the old batteries out not the house batteries the chassis ones and placed new ones in hooked them up than i go into the RV to start it the lights come on the dash the wipers come on i don’t know why they do that it’s a 1998 FW Discovery Diesel 

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