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Joeycockerspani
Explorer
Jan 21, 2018

No Power to Dash/Chassis

So I go out to crank my motorhome. Batteries are fine. House power is fine. Everything works on the house side. But I have no voltage to the power distribution box located under the driver area. Consequently, nothing related to dash features shows any signs of life. Turn the ignition key, nothing. No gauges come to life, no buzzers, no power to the radio. Nada, zip, nothing. We have had this coach for over a decade. We have had many little glitches to work through. But this one is a first. Anyone out there have an idea?

Coach: 2006 Forest River Charleston
Chassis: Feightliner

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    Gdetrailer
    Explorer III
    Jan 21, 2018
    You do realize that there IS a separate "chassis" battery?

    That battery operates all engine/chassis/headlights items and does not get charged from the house battery side.

    So, if the MH has been plugged in to shore power and you have not run the engine for a few months, you have a dead chassis battery.

    Find the chassis battery (which most likely is in the engine compartment and put a charger on it (not a "smart" charger, they will not start charging a totally dead battery)..

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