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quote:Originally posted by Paintpro99
I've checked under all the slides on my unit and I can't see any junction boxes under there. I pulled the fixtures all apart and found out which light had the feed wire coming into it and how they branched off to the other two lights. When I tested them with my meter, it showed that I had power coming from the wires but when I connected the lights back up, they wouldn't work. I eliminated the blue connectors that were factory installed and skinned all the wires and soldered them back together, but still can't get them to work. I even changed the fuse in the panel thinking it might be that but that didn't make any difference. So, I'm at a loss for now. Even though my meter shows a 10-12 volt reading, I wonder if I am getting enough voltage to make the lights work. I might try running a new wire from the feed wire at the light straight to the fuse panel. I'm thinking I might have a bad connection in the ceiling where the wire runs from the light to the panel. I'll let you know how I make out.
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I have never heard that junction boxes were used for the 12V wiring, only the 120V wiring. If none of the lights are working in the slide I would be suspicious of the ground. What did you use as a ground point when you were checking for voltage. There will be two wires to each light since those in the cabinets or ceiling of the slide cannot be grounded to any metal parts so the ground must run in series to each light and then to a ground point.
Check the voltage on the hot wire and the outer part of the bulb holder, the bulb holder must be grounded to work. You can also check the switch in each light to confirm you have power by connecting to the hot wire and ground with the switch in the on and off positions. I would not think all the switches would go at the same time.
In my 3402 the 12V power to that slide comes down the opposite side of the trailer then crosses at the back, when I had no power in the main slide I found the hot wire had been hit by a screw at the factory and shorted it out, then actually burned it off, this was under the desk slide where the wires cross over.
A good ground is essential to all 12V operation, make sure you have that.