The 12V system does not work with our battery in our 2001 Coleman folding trailer. The lights/heater etc.. work fine when plugged into the 110 receptacle of our generator, but we get no power when running off the battery. We have hooked it up to brand new batteries and still nothing. We took it to an RV service center and they informed us that our converter was bad. They replaced it and I brought it home only to discover that the problem had not been fixed. Now I am furious with them, and with myself for not checking the repair before I drove 110 miles home. So, now I'm going to try and resolve this on my own. I have confirmed that power is not making it to the fuses with a tester. I am going to replace the wiring and components that lead from battery to the point where the wiring disappears inside the hollow tubing of the frame of the trailer.
Here are my questions: 1) there is an inline fuse attached to the positive wire called a "short stop". Does anyone have any suggestions on a type of inline fuse to install on the new wire, and where can I order it? 2) At the point where the wires go into the frame of the trailer the wires are connected to one another by some sort of clip connector. I've been dragging around the section of wiring that has the male connector on it to autopart stores and various places asking if anyone has a connector that I can use as a replacement. I'm getting blank stares. Is there some sort of connector I can use and where do I get it? Or should I just splice the new wires and old wire that is going into the frame together? That would be a new adventure all by itself....
Thanks for any help and advice.
Here are my questions: 1) there is an inline fuse attached to the positive wire called a "short stop". Does anyone have any suggestions on a type of inline fuse to install on the new wire, and where can I order it? 2) At the point where the wires go into the frame of the trailer the wires are connected to one another by some sort of clip connector. I've been dragging around the section of wiring that has the male connector on it to autopart stores and various places asking if anyone has a connector that I can use as a replacement. I'm getting blank stares. Is there some sort of connector I can use and where do I get it? Or should I just splice the new wires and old wire that is going into the frame together? That would be a new adventure all by itself....
Thanks for any help and advice.