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Old May 9, 2015 | 01:22 PM
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Battery issues Help Please

I took the camper dry camping and I took everything out and the battery power does not get to the trailer. I had to use the generator all night to keep power to the trailer and I did not have a multi-meter to test everything. I hooked up the battery charger and it said fully charged. Just need some help to know what to look for.
 
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Old May 9, 2015 | 01:43 PM
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sounds like the inverter is not seeing the battery. Have you checked all fuses and cables/grounds?


If your truck is hooked up to the trailer, do you have lights and all while the truck is running?
 
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Yes everything was working with the truck hooked up
 
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sounds like the inverter to me. Check all the breakers and fuses.
 
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Old May 9, 2015 | 02:32 PM
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If it were the power converter, the generator would not do anything to provide power. Since it does, the converter is supplying power as long as the generator is running, but no power with it off. Most likely the fuse at the battery is blown. The battery has to be fused within 18" of the battery.

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makes sense. Easy stuff first anyway. Fuses, connections/grounds.
 
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