Maybe someone can help me out a bit with this issue I'm having. I have a brand spanking new Autumn Ridge by Starcraft, the other day after a successful camping trip everything electrical quit working. I hooked up the rv and headed for my storage and everything was fine, when I got there the electric tongue jack wouldn't work, then I noticed nothing electrical worked. My running lights work, but nothing else. I reset my circuit breakers to no avail. I'm not exactly new to rv'ing, but I don't know much about the electrical system. Any ideas on what I can check? Thanks for any information.

Have you tried checking you battery leads. Most electrical problems like this are loose or dirty battery cables.

I had same issue it was a loose negative lead that bolts to the fram. The bolt was cracked so ground was bad.

If it's not the battery terminal connection, there's an in-line fuse on your battery cable. It should be between the battery and where the wire actually disappears inside the body of the camper. Depending upon what type of fuse your camper has, it might have blow. Check that too. My camper has the pop-up type fuse. If something happens, it pops, you just push the button and it resets (provided something is not causing it to continue to short out.) My older camper had a fuse, like you'd fine under the dash of your car. My PUP had a fuse that was all contained and you simply had to cut the wires and replace it. So it depends upon the type of fuse you have. Most likely, its either your terminal connections at the battery or the in-line fuse.

Had the same problem once. pop up fuse in the battery compartment. It is very small and I did not even know it was there. My son pointed it out to me.

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DutchmenSport
Explorer
Mar 10, 2014
Westsidebob wrote:
Thank you all so much, dead battery it is! Don't I feel silly!

Now the next step is to determine why it went dead in the first place. What is drawing on it that ran it down so the next time you are sure the battery is completely disconnected or switched off.
MNtundraRet
Navigator
Mar 10, 2014
Harvey51 wrote:
X2 on the meter! The engine alternator provides about 14 volts. Put your meter on a DC 20 volt range, then leads on the engine battery posts when the engine is running and you should see about 14 volts. Then do the same for the auxiliary house battery and you should see the same 14 volts. If not, it isn't connected to the engine.

You can use the meter to tell how well the batteries are charged, too.

We find that engine charging of the house battery works very well if we just take a little drive every day when camping. We have no generator and we never stay at campsites with electric plugins.

You have a MH like me with large cables for charging battery-bank from alternator.

A pickup can only send 10 amps per hour with engine running at best. The 7-pin connector's wire to battery for charging can only handle that much. Don't forget that the trailer lights for brakes, turn-signals, and braking use the rest (on separate circuits) coming from the truck alternator.

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