RE: Problem with the battery

[pinhi18]

 
When I re-hooked my battery this spring I cross connected the wires.[:@] I have gone back and corrected my mistake, but I still am unable to get the lights to work.  I have replaced the " short stop thingy"  and the battery is fully charged.  Is there a fuse that I have to check or anything else for that matter.  Everything was operational last fall before I brought the battery inside for the winter.  I did re-charge the battery once a month while it was indoors.  Any help would be greatly appriciated.

[mike4947]

 pinhi18
Most likely you ve blown a fuse in your converter, it s usually 12 or 20 amp; lower than the curcuit breaker/fuse at the battery. So it blows before the one at the battery goes.

[forestwalker]

 pinhi18
Could be the converter fuse-but it also might be a problem with the " kill switch" .We experienced a similiar problem last year-found out that we were shorting out the switch by contact with a metal roof brace.We solved this problem with our Starcraft simply by changing the corners that we used for the brace.I dont know if other makes of pop ups use these braces.

[Cadeuses]

 pinhi18

ORIGINAL:  pinhi18
 
 When I re-hooked my battery this spring I cross connected the wires.[:@]

 
 Pinhi18:
 
 I m almost too embarassed to mention this.... but I too wondered about the wiring of the battery.  After every trip out with the PU I would religiously bring the battery into the house and re-charge it on the charger.
 
 On the last trip out before winter, I again brought the battery in, and for easy of charging... I removed the wiring harness that was attached to the battery.
 
 This spring I went to replace the harness.... and much to my amazement, I couldn t remember what wire went to which terminal.  The only way I finally figured it out was to look back at the harness itself, and make note of the breaker fuse connected to the black wire, placed strategically short enough to not reach the other terminal.
 
 That was my clue.  If the negative side of the battery made contact somehow to the PU.... it wouldn t matter.... but if the positive side made contact.... there would be sparks galore and possibly even a fire!  Thats why I installed the breaker fuse... to blow in the event the positive side was grounded out.
 
 So... The white wire goes to ground (or the negative terminal) and the black wire goes to the positive terminal.
 
 Unfortunately this doesn t offer much of a suggestion as to what may be wrong with your lights.  Check your circuit breakers, as well as all the wiring connectors on the outside of the canvas.  If you find all in order, you may have to remove the particle board converter cover, and check the fuses in there too.
 
 HTH, and have a great day!