No Lights When Running On Battery....
My deep cycle Interstate batteries have been giving me problems recently. They really haven't been holding a charge anywhere as near as long as they used to. They're over 4 years old now. You could...
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csamayfield55 wrote:cm11599ps wrote:
I currently have the batteries disconnected and the camper unplugged from the house. I'd like to see if the batteries can hold the charge cause like I said, I think they're on their way out anyway. I'll play with things again in a few days when I get some time.
Although you may have batteries that are not up to snuff that is NOT your issue! Just like other said, you have something going on in the wiring from the batteries to the trailer. IN my 2005 I had the auto reset circuit breaker fail. It was right below the batteries on the frame. My new trailer has one mounted in the battery box up high.
Follow your hot wire from the frame and find either the fuse or CB and test voltage on both sides of it. There is one somewhere. Also check and make sure your ground wire is attached securely to your frame close to your batteries.
Chris
OP could also reconnect the battery and then test for voltage at one of the non-working lights using a separate ground. That should determine if the + side of the wire is good to that light. Using a differently supplied ground or + wire to test using the opposite existing wire and working back to the battery will certainly determine where the problem in the wiring is. It is a lot more thorough and pretty easy to do this and generally only requires one's time.
I found a loose mid-trailer frame ground that fed my slide motor using this method.
