We are new at RVing and just purchased a 2015 Fleetwood Southwind. We are on our first trip and the main lights in the coach stay on we have looked in the manual and everywhere in the RV and can’t find a switch. Can anyone help??

Try the light switch. Sorry I couldn't resist but if this is in fact a legitimate post, the lights work just like the lights in your house. You hit a switch. What's odd about your post is that you must have figured out a way to turn them on, unless you bought it with all the lights on and have remained that way since. Again, if this post is legit, good luck. There's lots more complicated in RV's than turning the lights off.

Haha. Did that and if you turn the main switch off it turns off the fridge too. Need the fridge to run.

IamSiler wrote:Haha. Did that and if you turn the main switch off it turns off the fridge too. Need the fridge to run.Ok, I'll bite again. Are you hitting the battery disconnect switch?

No. I thought it was supposed to run on the voltage from the engine but it says no AC so it’s running on LP. I can turn the main light switch off but as I said it turns the fridge off too.

IamSiler wrote:No. I thought it was supposed to run on the voltage from the engine but it says no AC so it’s running on LP. I can turn the main light switch off but as I said it turns the fridge off too.If you hit a switch and it turns off your lights and the fridge, it certainly sounds like the battery disconnect switch. Your fridge still requires some current to light the LP and no, it doesn't run off the engine. Your Fridge in electric mode runs off the generator if not plugged in to shore power. In the absence of that power it will run in LP mode. Have you tried leaving whatever switch you are hitting in the on position and trying other switches for the lights to turn them off?Who did you buy this RV from? If this is a serious post - and I certainly have my doubts, you need to do some real homework on how RV's work. Did you know anything when you bought it? Did you ask any questions from the seller? have you contacted them to ask these questions?

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way2roll
Navigator II
Jan 16, 2022
IamSiler has left the building.
NDTRAVELS
Explorer
Jan 16, 2022
on our Georgetown there is a light switch on the bottom side of the kitchen cabinet as you come in the door confusing & hard to find
ArchHoagland
Explorer
Jan 15, 2022
IamSiler...did you ever get the problem solved?
AllegroD
Nomad
Jan 08, 2022
ArchHoagland wrote:
I'd suggest asking a few neighbors in the RV park you are staying in. RVer's are friendly people and we were all new to this at one time.

Tell your neighbor you are new and ask if they could help you.

This is an awesome suggestion!
filadelfia
Explorer
Jan 07, 2022
To the OP, there is nothing wrong or unusual about your RV. The refrigerator is supposed to switch to LP when it is the auto mode and no ac power is available from shore or generator power. It is true 12 volt dc power is required for the refrigerator control system but this nothing to do with the lights. The vehicles electrical system has nothing to do with providing ac power to the refrigerator in your case.

Don
ArchHoagland
Explorer
Jan 07, 2022
I'd suggest asking a few neighbors in the RV park you are staying in. RVer's are friendly people and we were all new to this at one time.

Tell your neighbor you are new and ask if they could help you.
garym114
Explorer II
Jan 07, 2022
All your manual says -
Both decorative and ‘utility’ style 12-volt lighting fixtures may be used in your motor home.
Utility style fixtures may be either single or
dual. A slide switch selects either single or dual
brightness. For your convenience, some lights
are operated from wall switches. Clean the lenses with soapy water
dodge_guy
Explorer II
Jan 07, 2022
Not sure, but these are tied into the door switch on my Buddy’s 17 Fleetwood Bounder. They come on when you open the door and dim down and turn off when you close it. There may be a setting or switch somewhere that bypasses that.
Sandia_Man
Explorer II
Jan 06, 2022
RVs have light switches near entry door, with class A rigs there is normally a bank of them, they should be labeled but they could have worn off or faded. The switch that turns lights off as well as refrigerator is battery disconnect, leave that on and try each switch individually. Some are hard to identify as they are for steps, patio, and storage bay lights, hard to notice during the day or if you are not outside. One of these switches will be dedicated to your overhead lights, there should also be a secondary overhead light switch in bedroom area as well.

We have always had TTs, 5ers, and toyhaulers and the owners manuals provided by manufacturer were abysmally generic. Not sure if this is customary among builders of class A rigs, but the owner's manual provided by Monaco is around 350 pages, I have yet to read it all but it covered every interior switch in detail. I know it was quite a learning curve for us when we first got our class A, in due time we were able to figure everything out. Here's hoping you have as much fun as we are having, my DW was losing interest in the RV lifestyle, she is enjoying it now more than ever.
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Jan 06, 2022
What will be explained second?