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Old 02-18-2013, 02:17 AM   #1
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Electrical problem resolved

A call to my dealer and said to press reset buttons on breakers, none to be found.
Took out 25 amp fuses on power panel to check for a bad one, none found, replaced them, and .......... a green panel light came on and the interior lights came on.
All seems to be working fine now.

Thanks to all for your help.
Jack
 
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Old 02-18-2013, 05:32 AM   #2
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HUH? You found none bad but replaced them anyway? Is that so? I saw this once before long ago, that a fuse "buzzed out" okay but I replaced it anyway and things worked. Wierd.
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Old 02-18-2013, 05:44 AM   #3
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Art, the old ones looked fine, no burnt gaps. So I put them back in.
Maybe replaced was a bad word choice.
Any way just went out, unplugged camper and all is working as it should.
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Old 02-18-2013, 05:57 AM   #4
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Ah, I have done this with batteries. The remote stops working. I take out the batteries and put them back in and they work for months afterwards. Go figure. It's the gremlins, I say.

Replaced was an incorrect term. Maybe "reinstalled" is better. On the other hand you also unplugged the camper. A common problem is that the connector is not installed tight enough or a switch on the pole gets flipped. Whatever the cause, a few retries of cable connections, switch flipping and reseating of fuses have been known to solve problems. I'm glad that's all it was this time, but I can tell you, if this keeps happening that you have to flip switches, reseat fuses, and the like, it's because something is weak and needs a kick in the pants to get working. This is how I eventually found a bad breaker and a bad fuse even though debugging them showed they were fine, so you might not be completely out of the woods yet.

We get a little smarter each time we run into a gremlin-inspired event. I believe that if nothing ever goes wrong, I'll be more ignorant. It's terrible that I learn the most about things AFTER a mishap or problem.

Another one to chalk up to experience. You am smarter now. Until next time.
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Old 02-18-2013, 08:45 AM   #5
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may have been corroded contacts. have done the same 'reseat' circuit boards and it works trick many times.
my cpu mouse will get flakey at times and I will clean the battery contacts and 'good to go' once more.
a bad contact doesn't necessarily have to be glaringly visible.
anyway, glad you found the fix.
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