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kschmid1k
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Aug 01, 2015

Electrical problem with 2009 passport 290bh

Hello,
I'm hoping someone can help. Last weekend while making a tight turn out of a campground mt electrical connection between my trailer and tow vehicle got pinched and cut. I have sliced it back together and have order a new cable but my tail lights on the trailer do not work and my slide will not extend and my front power jack does not work. Both worked perfectly before and I cannot find any blown fuse. My battery is fully charged. I amy thinking that I may have had a power surge of some sort but for all of these to stop working at the same time there must be a common connection or fuse that I am missing.
  • Slide out and tongue power jack should be wired directly to trailer battery.....each would have their own power line AND in-line fuse.

    There is also a 'main' fuse/circuit breaker on battery positive line..typically near/under trailer A-Frame before positive wire goes into trailer.


    As for trailer tail lights...........those are feed from 'fused' circuit in trucks fuse panel. Check truck owners manual for position/location in fuse panel. It probably blew when umbilical cord was pinched/cut.
    Same as trailer main battery fuse/cb
  • So I got the tail/parking working. Any ideas where the in line fuse for the front stabilizer and slide might be. My entire underbelly is enclosed so I need to remove the panels underneath. Any thoughts? closer or farther from the battery?
  • Are you sure your battery is fully charged? If the trailer->truck umbilical was supplying power instead of the trailer battery and that wire is now cut, you may not have enough power to run slides or stabilizers. There should be a fuse or circuit breaker in the truck that interrupts power through the umbilical, maybe under the hood.
  • yes the battery is fully charged, tongue jack works fine, but no stabilizers or slide power.

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