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Old 10-26-2010, 10:33 AM   #1
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Went to the store and came home turned on the 12 volt lights in the bed room and ( NO LIGHTS)... All other 12 volt lights are working Battery is fully charged Bathroom 12 volt lights work.. Only the two over the bed/reading lights and the two lights on either side of the AC are not coming on.. reset the GF thingy also.. this is a 2003 3280 rig.. Anyone know what could be wrong?????????????????????????
 
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Old 10-26-2010, 10:40 AM   #2
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The GF thingy will have nothing to do with it as it is AC and not DC. Check the fuse in the fuse panel panel for the bedroom lights first, I would remove the fuse and reseat it (if you can figure out which one it is). If that does not help, then I would venture to say that you have a wire that is grounding out.
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Old 10-26-2010, 10:41 AM   #3
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Lind and Walt,
If you haven't checked the fuse board you need to do that. Sounds like that circuit has either blown a fuse or a ground wire has come loose.

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ON EDIT:
Bingo beat me to it! At least we sort of said the same thing.
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Old 10-26-2010, 11:21 AM   #4
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If it is not the fuse, it may be the wall switch.
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Yeaaaaa!!! You Guys were right it was a fuse in the fuse board, Walt found it and went down to the RV park down the interstate and found a new one and now I have lights in the bedroom.. I guess it is not toooo bad this is the first one that has blown sense we bought this Montana in 2003 I think that is pretty good...LOL





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Old 10-26-2010, 11:37 AM   #6
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Bill has a very good point as well, these DC switches are not the most sturdy pieces of electrical equipment in these rigs!! At least on the switches, the connections are easy to check!! Hey Dennis, sounded to me like we agreed, fuse then wiring!!
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On edit: Well retract that about the switch, glad you found and fixed the problem!!
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Old 10-26-2010, 12:00 PM   #7
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Prariepoodle,
Glad you found the problem and thanks for letting us know.

Bingo,
Great minds and all that!

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Old 10-26-2010, 02:14 PM   #8
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OK, so I just have to chime in. I’m a newbie, so I am just watching and learning at this point. But I have to point out that it only took 1 hour, 2 minutes, and 32 seconds from the time the original plea for help went out and the requestor responded that the problem was solved. I have to say I am truly impressed. MOC is always the first place I go for information and I’m never disappointed. You guys are the best.

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Old 10-26-2010, 04:06 PM   #9
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Bill and Bingo are right I have had to replace both the switches in my bedroom also the one over the couch. they are the small push button ones. not much to them. And BTW this is indeed a great place for INFO.
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Old 10-28-2010, 10:44 AM   #10
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Yeaaaaa!!! You Guys were right it was a fuse in the fuse board, Walt found it and went down to the RV park down the interstate and found a new one and now I have lights in the bedroom.. I guess it is not toooo bad this is the first one that has blown sense we bought this Montana in 2003 I think that is pretty good...LOL
Linda, I'm glad to hear you have lights again! But I do have to note that I have personally blown my fuse a few more times than that since 2003. Oh, you meant the Montana's fuse!
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