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Mshaneweaver
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Apr 13, 2014

Dead in the water, what to check?

I have a 1996 Coachman Santara. It has been sitting idle for just over a year. I went out to crank it this weekend and it is dead, nothing. All the batteries were dead so I put a good one in place of the engine battery but still nothing. If I put the key in and turn it, I get no lights or anything. If I try to turn on the headlights I get nothing. Are there some simple things to check that could be causing it? I don't really know anything about them, a friend is giving it to me. He said it worked fine when it was parked. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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  • Do you have a battery shut off switch? Some coaches have a shut off for the chassis and another for the batteries for the house part of the coach. Ours does. The engine shut off switch is in a front bay and the house shut off is in one of the rear bays. I've read some also have a switch by the door.

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