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Electrical problem with front stabilizers. Update.

fj12ryder
Explorer III
Explorer III
Okay, I need some suggestions, hints, or outright solutions.

I have a 2010 Keystone Fuzion 383, a 40' toyhauler. It has been in storage for the last few months. The battery has been on a Battery Tender in the heated garage at home. When I went out to bring it home, I installed the battery and the front stabilizers wouldn't do anything. They are the Bulldog double motor stabilizers. When the rocker switch was moved, nothing happened, no noise, no nothing. Having few tools to work with, I jumped directly from the battery and the motors would then operate as they should. That got me home.

At home I've checked the wiring, and there is 12 volts to the rocker switch, but that voltage drops to 0 Volts when the switch is moved, and then goes back to 12 Volts when the switch is released. But voltage checked directly at the battery doesn't change in the least, steady 12.5 volts. However I can run a wire directly from the battery to the 12 volt terminal on the rocker switch and the motors work as they should. I have the remote control fob for slides, stabilizers, awning, and they all work, but the front stabilizers don't work using the remote. All fuses in the control panel look good.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. TIA.
Howard and Peggy

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CA_Traveler
Explorer III
Explorer III
You have a high resistance open and hence no voltage under load. One of many possibilities is a loose connection or a cooroded connection.

Often you can put a load on the wire like a light bulb and it will not light because it's a low resistance load.
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