Wiring Problem

[mstein26888]

We have a 1999 Rockwood camper and the Carbon Monoxide detector stopped working between last winter and this spring.  I just got around to looking at it and when I went to pull the carbon monoxide detector out, I pulled every wire that was behind that unit out also.  Many of the wires came un hooked.  I was able to put them back together, but now everything works on electric, but nothing will work on the battery power.  I checked the battery and it is fully charged.  Any idea how I would start to figure out what is wrong or is this something a camper dealer service department should look at.

Thanks for the help.

[skoryaro]

We have a 1999 Rockwood camper and the Carbon Monoxide detector stopped working between last winter and this spring.  I just got around to looking at it and when I went to pull the carbon monoxide detector out, I pulled every wire that was behind that unit out also.  Many of the wires came un hooked.  I was able to put them back together, but now everything works on electric, but nothing will work on the battery power.  I checked the battery and it is fully charged.  Any idea how I would start to figure out what is wrong or is this something a camper dealer service department should look at.

Thanks for the help.

# of wires and wire colors would help us figure it out. ........  Prolly 2 wires for A/C and 2 wires for D/C but just guessing at this point.

[mstein26888]

Not real sure on the number of wires, but there is a white wire and a red wire.  These both are capped off and the electric works. They aren't connected to anything and seem to be stand along.   The white wire I would assume is hot, but not sure where it should be connected.  The Green wires and yellows all seem to go to as pairs.  My thought was that if the lights work with electric, there has to be some type of interuption from the power source to the lights, water pump, outside light, and furnace to cause the problem.

I don't know what other information I can provide.

[skoryaro]

Not real sure on the number of wires, but there is a white wire and a red wire.  These both are capped off and the electric works. They aren't connected to anything and seem to be stand along.   The white wire I would assume is hot, but not sure where it should be connected.  The Green wires and yellows all seem to go to as pairs.  My thought was that if the lights work with electric, there has to be some type of interuption from the power source to the lights, water pump, outside light, and furnace to cause the problem.

I don't know what other information I can provide.

Are you saying that everything in the camper worked on A/C power and battery (12V) power until you took the detector off and now things only work on A/C but not on battery power?

If that's the case you may have blown a fuse when the wires came apart.  I'd start checking fuses first.  Expose all the detector wires so the are not touching anything.  If the fuses are good, check to see if you have 12 volt power at one of the detector wires and go from there.

[skoryaro]

testing

[tlhdoc]

It does sound like a possible fuse problem, like skoryaro said.

[mstein26888]

Correct, I had power to everything with AC power.  When I shut off the generator, everything went off and wouldn't work.  I had removed the detector unit completely.  It only had one black and one red wire.  I didn't notice any fuses in the lines under the cabinet.  The only fuse I could find was on the battery lines and that fuse was fine.  There are two capped off wires by themselves with nothing attached to them.  One is white and one is red.  I accidently touched the white wire with another and there was a spark.  I checked the fuses again and nothing was blown.  I am assuming that the white wire is hot and coming from the battery.  Would this be correct and any idea where to attached this wire to.

Thanks