House BATTERY AND FUSES

A lot of people LOSE one wire behind the batteries and it does not get re-connected and nothing works. Lost wires have a habit of being sneaky and hiding better than a 10-year old playing hide-and-go-seek.

Use a mirror and flashlight if you have to and make darned sure this is not what happened to you.

How about a battery disconnect switch?

Just double check and see if your two 6VDC batteries are wired in series and the correct battery terminals are wired correctly. If you sparked the terminal cables when you disconnected the old battery setup it may have blown those fuses also.

This is how to wire two 6VDC Batteries in series.



Then double check and find the word 'NEG' or symbol '-' on the outside 6VDC battery case and make sure this cable goes to the trailer frame ground connection which should be very close to the battery bank. Hand trace the cable...

If you have it connect4ed wrong or did spark the cable earlier than three places may be opened up for you between the converter/charger and your battery bank location. One is a in-line fuse very close to the batteries or this may be a 12VDC circuit breaker. The other location to check is on the 12VDC Distribution Panel and look for two high wattage fuses maybe labeled REVERSE POLARITY. Check and make sure these are ok. Be sure to have the correct polarity accomplished before replacing any of thee fuses otherwise they will just blow again.

The reason we all are pointing in this direction is things worked OK before changing out your batteries. This really points to a wrong polarity setup or sparking the cables when removing the old batteries.

All the things you mentioned above not working are 12VDC items... They need +12VDC coming from the 12VDC Power Distribution Panel.

Roy Ken

mary will wrote:
we have A Roadtrek Adventurous diesel2006 rv yes we wire the polarity correct and i did reset breaker but still no house lights or fridge .:h

You were asked BOTH if you had the polarity correct AND if you had them wired correctly.

For a 12 volt to 2 x 6 volt conversion you must have your original positive and negatives connected one to each battery, then a new wire between the remaining positive and negative terminals, one on each battery.

If I read this correct, you replaced the batteries, and now the 12v doesn't work? Odds are you installed the batteries wrong, retrace your steps.

Find the power center/converter and check the reverse polarity fuses.

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we have A Roadtrek Adventurous diesel2006 rv yes we wire the polarity correct and i did reset breaker but still no house lights or fridge .:h

This won't locate you where your fuses are but might help with the basics of battery wiring and how your 12 volt system works. http://www.marxrv.com/12volt/12volt.htm

If your battery is wired correctly you might consider looking for a fuse or auto reset circuit breaker located near the battery .. when those go toast nothing works. Google auto reset circuit breaker to get a look at what they look like .. never saw one before I bought an RV.

We can't look for you.... but if we knew the year make and model of the RV maybe someone could give a good guess.

How about post a pic of the new battery install.

Hi,

Did you wire the new 6 volt batteries in series?

Did you get the polarity correct?