Took my 5th wheel back to storage lot yesterday and everything seemed to be fine. Let down the landing gear and rear stabilizers, chocked the wheels, the unhitched just fine. But when I went back to the trailer to lower the landing gear a bit more, nothing..Extend, raise, nothing. Not a sound or movement. The switch is up front of course and not really sure what to check as this is my first problem encountered.Trying to find something online resulted in NADA.Anyone point me in the right (or some) direction?

What is your battery condition?

Follow wiring from landing gear Motor back to battery......there will be an in-line 30A fuse OR a DC circuit breaker....blown or trippedLanding gear is wired directly to battery......(does not go thru converter DC Dist)Low/weak battery voltage-higher amp draw on DC motors

Well unfortunately I didn't have a tester with me yesterday, but the lights were working before I hit the battery cut off.I'll be going back tomorrow to test the battery itself, but it shouldn't be that because it was fully charged before I picked it up to take it back to storage. It did sit overnight at a friends house but they didn't use it, just sat outside locked up.

Sounds like the in-line fuse between the motor and the battery.

Or loose wiring, that happened to me a few weeks ago. Right by the switch.

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rhagfo
Explorer III
May 16, 2016
Dano1955 wrote:
Turned it off just before i left for home, after i chrcked the lights.

:S
My turn to fail reading comprehension!!
BillB3857
Explorer
May 16, 2016
I had that problem last fall. Took a while to find the blown fuse since Keystone had the wisdom to hide it inside a split loom that was closed with tape ties.
Dano1955
Explorer
May 16, 2016
Turned it off just before i left for home, after i chrcked the lights.
rhagfo
Explorer III
May 16, 2016
Dano1955 wrote:
Well unfortunately I didn't have a tester with me yesterday, but the lights were working before I hit the battery cut off.

I'll be going back tomorrow to test the battery itself, but it shouldn't be that because it was fully charged before I picked it up to take it back to storage. It did sit overnight at a friends house but they didn't use it, just sat outside locked up.

Got to ask, is your landing gear wired through the cut off, and did you turn it back ON?

Next up is the switch, is it in line with road spray, have you checked it?
wilber1
Explorer
May 15, 2016
Simple things first, find and check fuse.
Dandy_Dan
Explorer
May 15, 2016
I just had that problem today. You will have an inline 30 amp fuse. Replace that and you should be good to go unless something else went oops.
agesilaus
Explorer III
May 15, 2016
MY 5ver has a cutoff switch in the basement which disables the landing gear. I guess it's to prevent vandals from fooling around with them, but I also had a blown fuse once tho I think it was 50 or a 100 amps.
zb39
Explorer
May 15, 2016
Or loose wiring, that happened to me a few weeks ago. Right by the switch.
korbe
Explorer
May 15, 2016
Sounds like the in-line fuse between the motor and the battery.
Dano1955
Explorer
May 15, 2016
Well unfortunately I didn't have a tester with me yesterday, but the lights were working before I hit the battery cut off.

I'll be going back tomorrow to test the battery itself, but it shouldn't be that because it was fully charged before I picked it up to take it back to storage. It did sit overnight at a friends house but they didn't use it, just sat outside locked up.

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