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satelliteman
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Aug 31, 2017

loss of power

I have a 1998 Forest River. We are having trouble with the power at the dash. It will start and run fine. Headlights work,turn signals work fan works radio all good. But no power to the dash lights or power getting back to the battery. Have no power to the jacks. Have checked all the fuses that I can find. If I start it up and put it in gear and then turn on the parking break the light does turn on. Where do I go next?
  • connections are good Have used di-electric grease since we got it up in Illinois
  • Being a 1998 vintage and seeing as you live in Nashville where it's damp, I bet you have a multitude of high resistance corroded connections. Time to clean all of them and apply di-electric grease to prevent further corrosion.