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ashnic
Explorer
Jun 14, 2014

New Barker 3500 Vp already quit

Installed a new Barker 3500VP about a month ago..tried it out and all was good and was like what took me so long to get one...well went out today to get camper ready for a trip and its dead as a door nail..no light no nothing..got my meter out and started checking voltage..have 13v at switch but nothing..really bums me out..anyone have any ideas?

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  • I was thinking you may have a bad ground but that can't be the case if you have 13v at the switch. it has to be the switch is bad, call them they will send you one for free I bet.
  • My light is on a different switch right beside the "up and down" switch. I had a head cover crack on my Barker. Called them and then sent an entire new head for the jack. Great customer service. Oh, and it was 4 years old at the time.
  • You know something I just thought of..the light wont work either? It is on a different switch..????
  • Huntindog wrote:
    RoyB wrote:
    My jack uses one of those 12VDC circuit breakers mounted on the battery terminals. Those are pretty cheap - maybe you lost one of those...

    Roy Ken
    He has 13V at the switch.

    Thank you..yea I guess I will take it off tomorrow put my old crank back on tomorrow..I bought it on amazon last month so I am going to chase down how I get a replacement
  • RoyB wrote:
    My jack uses one of those 12VDC circuit breakers mounted on the battery terminals. Those are pretty cheap - maybe you lost one of those...

    Roy Ken
    He has 13V at the switch.
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    My jack uses one of those 12VDC circuit breakers mounted on the battery terminals. Those are pretty cheap - maybe you lost one of those...

    Roy Ken
  • well, I had the same one for over 20 years and never had a switch fail once. I have abused that poor jack to the point to bending the shaft and had to put a chain around it in camp to straighten it out so I could take the TT off the truck. One thing I have always stated and that is is it is man made it is subject to failure, even Kids fall into that category. Give them a call, I am sure they will send you new switches or help you trouble shoot it. it is a great jack and a great company.

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