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ponytail_mom
Explorer
Mar 16, 2015

Can jumping the chassis battery ruin anything?

Hello RVers,

My apologies for the newbie question. I just inherited an RV, a 2009 Simba Safari. When I went to start the beauty, the engine would not turn over. I jumped it with my portable charger. It started instantly.

But then I noticed the electric car seat and the radio were not getting power. They didn't work, although everything else (lights, turn signals, etc) I drove it for gas and on the way back the turn signals stopped working.

Could I have damaged anything by jumping the chassis battery??

Any and all comments are appreciated. (And I'm enrolled in a class to understand my electrical systems better through good Sam!!)

Cristina
  • Johno02's avatar
    Johno02
    Explorer
    Mar 16, 2015
    Sounds like you are a smart person to think about the class. In this case, it sounds like you may have some other fuse or wiring problems. Unless you got a reversed connection and drew a big spark while trying to jump it, the jump start should not have caused any problem.

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