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1099
Explorer
Aug 01, 2026

No DC Power

Lightning hit near our stick & brick recently and damaged some things in our home. A few weeks later I pulled my 2011 / 34SB3 Cameo Carriage out of the barn and was getting it ready for the season. Keep in mind I had just replaced the batteries about 2 weeks prior to the lightning strike.( they were over 6 years old) . I noticed the DC side wouldn’t work unless I had the rv connected to shore power. Unplug the shore  power and nothing worked.. I checked the Converter / Charger and nothing… ( yes it was plugged in to shore power). So I bought a new Inteli-Power mod# PD9260C , same model as the one I removed. It’s cranking 13.6 v DC .  The 25A fuse near the battery cut off switch is good . Yes I replaced it anyway to make sure. Is there a master fuse hidden somewhere? All the fuses on the converter are good..checked with an ohm meter…. I bought this RV new in 2011 first issue I’ve ever had with it ….. ok 2nd issue… I had to have the front two hydraulic rams packed…. Thanks for any help….. Joe

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  • After re-reading I definitely think it's the batteries. Despite being new batts, you said the charger was fried. So, those batteries sat with likely parasitic draws and nothing to re-charge them. If they went to a complete discharge, they are toast. I had something similar happen years ago, brand new batteries completely discharged, my charger wasn't working and they never recovered. 

    • 1099's avatar
      1099
      Explorer

      Way, I took the new batteries out and had them checked at the place I bought them. They say there good but  run way down. They charged them and I re-installed them…. Tomorrow morning while it’s a bit cooler I’m going to take the 2 batteries out of my F350 and put them in the RV and see what happens….Thank for your help…. J

      • Lwiddis's avatar
        Lwiddis
        Navigator

        Running lead acid batteries “way down” for even a couple days toasted them. If they are Lithium they will be fine. You are wasting lots of time. Buy a Lithium battery and go campin’. 

  • does your trailer have a battery isolator switch, or a storage switch it is sometimes called.  if so make sure that is on, don't ask me how I found that one out 🙄

    the other thing is the AC breaker for the converter on?  

  • I'm with Bid_time. I'm betting on batteries. Have you checked your battery voltage? I know it's easy to assume that because you replaced them they are good and were charging. But that's an assumption. You may also want to the check your battery shut off switch. A surge from lighting strike could have damaged that. 

  • From what you are describing it sounds like your batteries are toast. You didn’t say if you checked the voltage directly at the battery terminals, of both batteries, while not connected to shore power, and what that reading was.

    Same thing with the fuse panel, you didn’t say if you checked the voltage, while not connected to shore power, directly on the incoming  lines from the batteries.

    If it’s not the batteries then start taking voltage readings at every junction box, switch, etc, from the batteries to the fuse panel. Yes there maybe a bad fuse somewhere in that main line between the batteries and fuse panel.

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