Looking for some help. Our battery is not supplying any power to our camper. We have tested the battery and it is good. However, we are getting nothing, no lights, landing gear...etc. On shore power everything is works fine. Has anybody else come across this? It is a 2013 Cyclone 3100
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- Thread starter Dober2004
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danemayer
Well-known member
Hi Dober2004,
This is probably a tripped 12V DC mini-circuit breaker on the buss bar near the battery. Our 12V Block Diagram and Diagnostic Guide explains it and has pictures.
This is probably a tripped 12V DC mini-circuit breaker on the buss bar near the battery. Our 12V Block Diagram and Diagnostic Guide explains it and has pictures.
wdk450
Well-known member
Dober:
Do you have a DC voltmeter or test light? The bus bar that the mini breakers are attached to should be connected to the + battery terminal with a good sized cable. The bus bar should have the same 12 volts you measure on the + battery terminal to ground. What ground reference are you using in your testing? Is the ground cable making a good connection to the metal chassis from the - battery terminal? I ask all of this because the front and rear landing gear are usually connected trough mini breakers at the buss bar. The lights and electrical loads on the DC fuse panel are connected to the converter/charger and these circuits are joined to the battery through the top mini breaker on the buss bar.
Do you have a DC voltmeter or test light? The bus bar that the mini breakers are attached to should be connected to the + battery terminal with a good sized cable. The bus bar should have the same 12 volts you measure on the + battery terminal to ground. What ground reference are you using in your testing? Is the ground cable making a good connection to the metal chassis from the - battery terminal? I ask all of this because the front and rear landing gear are usually connected trough mini breakers at the buss bar. The lights and electrical loads on the DC fuse panel are connected to the converter/charger and these circuits are joined to the battery through the top mini breaker on the buss bar.
danemayer
Well-known member
The factory might have installed the wrong one, or a dealer might have changed it out for some reason. I suspect there's a good reason for the manual reset breaker, but I don't know the thinking behind it.
Jim.Allison
Well-known member
A good test light and a multimeter is essential to proper fiver-ing.
daenitzhaus
Member
Dan, Thank you so much for providing the 12V Block Diagram and Diagnostic Guide. I it solved my issue. We were having issues with our batteries charging (Our camper is only six months old for us but the camper was sitting on the lot for a while. I finally replaced the batteries but then had issues with charging. I was pulling my hair out (or what is left of it LOL) trying to find the issue. Went through all fuses check, GFI etc. with no luck. I had heard something about this buss bar breaker but could not see it readily. The descriptions and images you provided made all the difference. the little button was there. Yea! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Sincerely,
Frederick Daenitz
Sincerely,
Frederick Daenitz
jimtoo
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