Top "Ceiling Lights" won't burn

[Beavis & Ace]

Need ideas of where to look next as the ceiling fixtures won't burn on my 98 Coleman Sun Ridge--when the ceiling lights would not come on (everything else works fine) and I started to look around for broken wires etc. I noticed the ground wire on up side of lower connector on exterior wall was discolored and looked as if it had been mashed and bent by top but when the insulation was removed the wire looked fine. The voltage in the light sockets reading vary from 12 to 40 volts--2 lights 4 bulbs, all bulbs check good but lights will not burn.. Has anyone ever run into anything similar--would appreciate any words of wisdom that might steer me in the right direction.

[popupcop]

The wires came unplugged from the galley switch on our Coleman this summer when we put something into the cabinet below.  I found the loose spade connector and plugged it back onto the switch.  Hope this helps...

[tlhdoc]

I still wonder about the connection that "looked discolored".  Have you checked the fuses?   If it isn't there then the galley kill switch would be the next place I would look.  The switch could have gone bad or a wire could have come off.  

[jonathan]

Need ideas of where to look next as the ceiling fixtures won't burn on my 98 Coleman Sun Ridge--when the ceiling lights would not come on (everything else works fine) and I started to look around for broken wires etc. I noticed the ground wire on up side of lower connector on exterior wall was discolored and looked as if it had been mashed and bent by top but when the insulation was removed the wire looked fine. The voltage in the light sockets reading vary from 12 to 40 volts--2 lights 4 bulbs, all bulbs check good but lights will not burn.. Has anyone ever run into anything similar--would appreciate any words of wisdom that might steer me in the right direction.

I had this same problem this year. The ground wire had worked its way out of the plug. Use a 12 volt tester with a light to trace it down. I bet it is just a bad ground.

[Beavis & Ace]

Thanks to all for your great ideas on finding my lighting problem--I think the varying voltage points to a grounding problem so I think the tester route will give me the needed info--thanks again!!!!