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KodiakBear74
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May 01, 2016

First Time Going Dry Camping (Need Battery to work)

Hello Fellow RVers, New to RV.net and first post ever. I've been camping in Pop-ups and Hybrids for the last 12 years but all of our trips have had Shore Power so we have never had a use for th...
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Harvey51
Explorer
May 02, 2016
There is a disconnect somewhere - switch, relay, fuse or breaker. Maybe you can find it with your meter. Over 12 v at the battery. What is it at the fuses? From fuse (check both ends) to battery negative should be the same 12+

I just remembered our old tent trailer has a fuse in the canvas on a wire up to the roof to power the lights. Visible only from the outside.

Interesting that you rarely boondock; we never plugged the trailer in over 20 years of use.

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