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HBJBIRD
Explorer
Nov 05, 2013

No Power

Ok so, I replaced the bathroom vent in our 2006 Fleetwood Jamboree 31M this weekend.It had a fan in the vent that we never used so I bought the replacement vent without the fan. I cut the wires to the fan in the old vent,wire nut them, electrical taped. After finishing the vent install I now have no house battery power. The two wires to the fan after being striped may have touched. Could this have striped a breaker. ? Problem is I can't find a breaker besides the three on the cabinet below the micro wave and they were fine. Thanks for any advise.
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  • bukhrn's avatar
    bukhrn
    Explorer III
    Nov 06, 2013
    HBJBIRD wrote:
    Ok so, I replaced the bathroom vent in our 2006 Fleetwood Jamboree 31M this weekend.It had a fan in the vent that we never used so I bought the replacement vent without the fan. I cut the wires to the fan in the old vent,wire nut them, electrical taped. After finishing the vent install I now have no house battery power. The two wires to the fan after being striped may have touched. Could this have striped a breaker. ? Problem is I can't find a breaker besides the three on the cabinet below the micro wave and they were fine. Thanks for any advise.
    My question is, was there a problem with the fan, other than you just didn't use it?
    It just seem to me like extra expense & work to replace something that wasn't bothering anything, even if you weren't using it. mine gets used quite often.
  • tenbear's avatar
    tenbear
    Explorer
    Nov 05, 2013
    HBJBIRD wrote:
    Thanks for the replies. I'll go back and check the fuses , they all looked fine. Just to be clear when try and turn the house batteries on at the disconnect I get nothing. Would a fuse take out everything. ?

    Thanks.


    Shorting the 2 wires at the fan should only blow the one fuse but there may be other things on that same fuse. If all the 12v things are dead you have a bigger problem. You will have to follow the wire back to the converter and battery with a meter or test light and find out where the power stops. This may be beyond your skill level.
  • Handbasket's avatar
    Handbasket
    Explorer
    Nov 05, 2013
    Bordercollie wrote:
    You didn't cut both wires to the fan at the same time did you? that shorts wires and blows a fuse. ...........


    Dad used to tell a story on Mom. They worked at the Navy Yard in Norfolk during WW II in the Radio Lab. She cut both conductors on a live circuit once. But it was 120V.... gave her a shock, blew the fuse, and flat-out ruined a set of side-cutters....

    Jim, "Resistance is not futile. It's voltage divided by current."
  • HBJBIRD's avatar
    HBJBIRD
    Explorer
    Nov 05, 2013
    Thanks for the replies. I'll go back and check the fuses , they all looked fine. Just to be clear when try and turn the house batteries on at the disconnect I get nothing. Would a fuse take out everything. ?

    Thanks.
  • Bordercollie's avatar
    Bordercollie
    Explorer
    Nov 05, 2013
    You didn't cut both wires to the fan at the same time did you? that shorts wires and blows a fuse. On our Tioga there is a panel on the outside of the restroom with fuses,maybe there is a diagram labelled to show which fuses protect which items.
  • dodgerdog's avatar
    dodgerdog
    Explorer
    Nov 05, 2013
    my vote fuse I think mine is like a 7 amp one for the bathroom fan


    Mike C.
  • enblethen's avatar
    enblethen
    Nomad
    Nov 05, 2013
    Yes, you could have blown a fuse.
    Locate the 120 volt AC panel. Next to it should be a small plate covering the DC power fuses.
  • pianotuna's avatar
    pianotuna
    Nomad III
    Nov 05, 2013
    Hi,

    12 volt is more often fuses. Look at the electrical supply panel.

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