Nothing works..

[Westsidebob]

Maybe someone can help me out a bit with this issue I'm having. I have a brand spanking new Autumn Ridge by Starcraft, the other day after a successful camping trip everything electrical quit working. I hooked up the rv and headed for my storage and everything was fine, when I got there the electric tongue jack wouldn't work, then I noticed nothing electrical worked. My running lights work, but nothing else. I reset my circuit breakers to no avail. I'm not exactly new to rv'ing, but I don't know much about the electrical system. Any ideas on what I can check? Thanks for any information.

[et2]

Westsidebob wrote:
My battery is totally dead, I was under the impression that if the rv was plugged into the truck, everything should work, am I mistaken?

Some trucks need to have a fuse installed in the truck to charge the RV battery. I've heard some stories of this fuse not installed. Might want to check yours.

[sch911]

Westsidebob wrote:
My battery is totally dead, I was under the impression that if the rv was plugged into the truck, everything should work, am I mistaken?

Not necessarily. But not all trucks have the charge line activated. And, even when activated they only provide a trickle charge to the RV batteries at best.

[Westsidebob]

My battery is totally dead, I was under the impression that if the rv was plugged into the truck, everything should work, am I mistaken?

[Jack_Diane_Free]

Had the same problem once. pop up fuse in the battery compartment. It is very small and I did not even know it was there. My son pointed it out to me.

[DutchmenSport]

If it's not the battery terminal connection, there's an in-line fuse on your battery cable. It should be between the battery and where the wire actually disappears inside the body of the camper. Depending upon what type of fuse your camper has, it might have blow. Check that too. My camper has the pop-up type fuse. If something happens, it pops, you just push the button and it resets (provided something is not causing it to continue to short out.) My older camper had a fuse, like you'd fine under the dash of your car. My PUP had a fuse that was all contained and you simply had to cut the wires and replace it. So it depends upon the type of fuse you have. Most likely, its either your terminal connections at the battery or the in-line fuse.

[edsland]

I had same issue it was a loose negative lead that bolts to the fram. The bolt was cracked so ground was bad.

[Fixed_Sight_Tra]

Have you tried checking you battery leads. Most electrical problems like this are loose or dirty battery cables.

[tlfield]

Loose battery connections?