I have a short somewhere? How do I find it?
Just installed a new roof on my 1999 Coachmen Mirada. Problem is that I must have pinched a wire somewhere? 12v Ceiling lights in my RV don't work now. Checked the fuse, it was blown, replaced it and ...
Forum Discussion
Update:
My idea of jumping the light wire from the good ceiling lights to the bad ceiling light won't work. I originally thought that just three of my living area ceiling light were affected by this short. But not the case. After digging back into it again today, I found out that this short affects three ceiling light, my exterior porch light, and my 12v TV antenna booster for my JACKS antenna.
So I decided to trace all the wires that are bad. Removed my Kitchen area upper cabinets and found the wiring harness for the living area. Five wire coming from the rear of the coach, and then branching off in different locations. I cut all the wires in the harness in two. Starting checking each wire one by one with a hot wire that I ran directly from the fuse box. BINGO!!!! I second wire I jumped blew the fuse. THIS IS THE BAD ONE!!! Fortunately this wire branched off to the just one ceiling light. So I then bypassed that wire and ran a new wire from the harness to that light. Then butt connected all the other wires back together and everything is working great again!!!
I guess I just got lucky on this one! Thanks for all the input.
My idea of jumping the light wire from the good ceiling lights to the bad ceiling light won't work. I originally thought that just three of my living area ceiling light were affected by this short. But not the case. After digging back into it again today, I found out that this short affects three ceiling light, my exterior porch light, and my 12v TV antenna booster for my JACKS antenna.
So I decided to trace all the wires that are bad. Removed my Kitchen area upper cabinets and found the wiring harness for the living area. Five wire coming from the rear of the coach, and then branching off in different locations. I cut all the wires in the harness in two. Starting checking each wire one by one with a hot wire that I ran directly from the fuse box. BINGO!!!! I second wire I jumped blew the fuse. THIS IS THE BAD ONE!!! Fortunately this wire branched off to the just one ceiling light. So I then bypassed that wire and ran a new wire from the harness to that light. Then butt connected all the other wires back together and everything is working great again!!!
I guess I just got lucky on this one! Thanks for all the input.
