Heater and A/C Dash Controls Not Working
I own a 2004 Forest River Georgetown. It's on a Ford chassis. Today I took it out for a spin to give it a little exercise and noted that I could not turn on the heater. Turns out none of the heater...
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Kind of an interesting added element to this that I wasn't yet aware of at the time yesterday when I made my original post. I had also noted after my ride that I needed to close my LR slide a bit because it had moved just slightly out during the drive (about an inch). When I hit the main control panel switch to close the slide, nothing happened. None of the slide switches had power. The rest of the panel was fine. So that then became 1st priority because I was concerned for rain entering the slide area.
Well, I went back out to the MH this morning to check the fuse / breaker area under the steps. I didn't change-out any fuses, but I did remove and reinsert some, plus I also physically disconnected the battery when I was disturbing all the fuses and reconnected it after. And surprise, the slide switches had come back to life. And so did the heater / air conditioning controls! So there must have been a bad connection somewhere or maybe a little corrosion interrupting the circuit. Sure wish I knew what I actually did! But all's well that ends well. I'll have to pay more attention to cleanliness in that area in the future because the under-step battery / fuse area is very exposed to the elements, especially when driving.
The only thing I'm a little confused about now is how the slide switches and dash heater and a/c switches seem to be connected. If anyone can educate me, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
Well, I went back out to the MH this morning to check the fuse / breaker area under the steps. I didn't change-out any fuses, but I did remove and reinsert some, plus I also physically disconnected the battery when I was disturbing all the fuses and reconnected it after. And surprise, the slide switches had come back to life. And so did the heater / air conditioning controls! So there must have been a bad connection somewhere or maybe a little corrosion interrupting the circuit. Sure wish I knew what I actually did! But all's well that ends well. I'll have to pay more attention to cleanliness in that area in the future because the under-step battery / fuse area is very exposed to the elements, especially when driving.
The only thing I'm a little confused about now is how the slide switches and dash heater and a/c switches seem to be connected. If anyone can educate me, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
