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tmoneysju
Oct 21, 2016Explorer
First of all I want to say thank you for all of the replies, they're much appreciated. As for 120 vs 12, a combination of being a newbie as well as panicking when I couldn't even get a light turned on turned into saying "anything". Once I corrected the problem it only took me a minute or two before it hit me, "oh yeah, tv and outlets work off 120, not 12", haha.
On to the fix....the first sentence of the first response did it. I'll admit when I read it my first thought was, yeah yeah, red to red, black to black. Well, that works when the wires are color coded properly! My wiring setup has 1 hot and 2 grounds coming off of the battery. One of the grounds has a white jacket with a red connector. After I read that first post I really crawled underneath and traced the wires. Don't ya know it, that one went to a bolt on the chassis. A 30 second fix and I had lights (but no tv :-) ) again.
And to 'You can't take the Fisherman out of this Camper', I owe you a virtual beer.
Thanks all,
Kevin
On to the fix....the first sentence of the first response did it. I'll admit when I read it my first thought was, yeah yeah, red to red, black to black. Well, that works when the wires are color coded properly! My wiring setup has 1 hot and 2 grounds coming off of the battery. One of the grounds has a white jacket with a red connector. After I read that first post I really crawled underneath and traced the wires. Don't ya know it, that one went to a bolt on the chassis. A 30 second fix and I had lights (but no tv :-) ) again.
And to 'You can't take the Fisherman out of this Camper', I owe you a virtual beer.
Thanks all,
Kevin
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