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Mickeyfan0805
Explorer
May 03, 2013

Can weak battery = power to jack but not cabin?

Just went over to storage to get the trailer ready to be unearthed and brought to the house for the summer. I hooked up the battery (which has not been charged) and the power jack operated. There was ...
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Mickeyfan0805
Explorer
May 03, 2013
downtheroad wrote:
I'm thinking that since your tongue jack hooks directly to the positive post of the battery, maybe you have a battery cut off switch that you forgot to turn on...thus no D/C power inside.


Duh!!!!

Now I feel REALLY stupid! New trailer late last season - only spent 4 nights in it. Old trailer didn't have one, and I didn't even think of it. Of course that's it. Thanks!

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