Problem with not getting power from battery to PU

[scappoose]

So I had posted the below message a few weeks back and wanted to repost as I have yet to get it fixed (lack of time).

"So today we pulled the PU, a 2000 Coleman Sedona, out from storage to clean and get ready for the first camping weekend of the year. We purchased a new battery during the winter. I fully charged yesterday and put it in tonight only to not be able to get any power to the PU. I simply hooked the two wires from the trailer onto the battery.

I plugged the PU into the house and all the lights work normally. I tested the battery and it is fully charged and working properly. As we are camping tomorrow (at a campground without power) I am hoping one of you may have a quick fix or know what I should look for. Any ideas???"

After talking with a few people a couple of them mentioned it could be the ground.  When I have been metering it I use the ground on the battery.  APparently there is another ground on the trailer that may be bad.  Do any of you have an idea of where this ground may be (Coleman Sedona)?

The only other thing I could think of is there is/was a little black box/adapter hooked up to the positive cable about 8 inches from the battery terminal.  I thought that maybe it was bad so I took it off.  It is not your standard inline fuse looking device nor is it a piece I think I could find easily locally.  Could this piece of equipment be required to get power?  Maybe it went dead over the winter.  Not quite sure.

Any help is greatly appreciated!!

[wavery]

It may have been more helpful to have posted on your old thread:
http://www.arveeclub.com/showthread.php?t=57783

The box that you refer to, that was on top of your battery, was probably the circuit breaker. If you removed it, you might want to replace it to avoid short circuits reaching the battery and causing a fire.

There have been quite a few people that have reported that the cable from the battery to the converter (inside the camper) had to be replaced due to the wire separating and/or corroding inside the insulation. You may want to try running a test lead (a new piece of wire) from the battery to the converter, to see if you get power.

The ground cable from the battery attach

[eo19]

You might have already done this but check the battery fuse that is inside the converter. I had this problem last month at the campground. No lights, pump, etc... Flipped up the converter lid and the fuse was blown.

So I had posted the below message a few weeks back and wanted to repost as I have yet to get it fixed (lack of time).

"So today we pulled the PU, a 2000 Coleman Sedona, out from storage to clean and get ready for the first camping weekend of the year. We purchased a new battery during the winter. I fully charged yesterday and put it in tonight only to not be able to get any power to the PU. I simply hooked the two wires from the trailer onto the battery.

I plugged the PU into the house and all the lights work normally. I tested the battery and it is fully charged and working properly. As we are camping tomorrow (at a campground without power) I am hoping one of you may have a quick fix or know what I should look for. Any ideas???"

After talking with a few people a couple of them mentioned it could be the ground.  When I have been metering it I use the ground on the battery.  APparently there is another ground on the trailer that may be bad.  Do any of you have an idea of where this ground may be (Coleman Sedona)?

The only other thing I could think of is there is/was a little black box/adapter hooked up to the positive cable about 8 inches from the battery terminal.  I thought that maybe it was bad so I took it off.  It is not your standard inline fuse looking device nor is it a piece I think I could find easily locally.  Could this piece of equipment be required to get power?  Maybe it went dead over the winter.  Not quite sure.

Any help is greatly appreciated!!

[scappoose]

Is that just one of the two fuses that are on the panel?  Or are there more fuses that I have not been able to find?

Thank you!

[CAPEd CODger]

You failed to mention what color were the wires that you attached to which battery post.

A common mistake made is assuming the black wire is negative (ground) and the white wire is positive (hot).

In most camper applications if the wires provided are black and white, the black is positive and the white is negative.

Best of luck.

Bob