Evolution Camper Electrics

[Buzzard]

I recently purchased a Fleetwood Evolution camper (toy hauler). I never really used it  other than a "guest house". All the electrics work when hooked up to the 120 garage outlet. When I unplug the camper to use it as I would out in the sticks,no lights,nada,zip. It worked when I purchased it as I used it for a little winter camping in Feb. Any fuses to check? The battery is fully charged and puts out just over 12 volts. I also checked all the visable connectors and they seem tight. Its still under warranty . I would rather check the simple stuff before I bring it in. Thanks,Buzzard

[tknick]

I recently purchased a Fleetwood Evolution camper (toy hauler). I never really used it  other than a "guest house". All the electrics work when hooked up to the 120 garage outlet. When I unplug the camper to use it as I would out in the sticks,no lights,nada,zip. It worked when I purchased it as I used it for a little winter camping in Feb. Any fuses to check? The battery is fully charged and puts out just over 12 volts. I also checked all the visable connectors and they seem tight. Its still under warranty . I would rather check the simple stuff before I bring it in. Thanks,Buzzard

I would guess that the Evolution, like other PUPs has a battery disconnect.  Mine is located close to the battery right before the wires go into the frame rail.  It sounds like that isn't connected.  There are fuses that are accessible behind the front panel of the converter, but if nothing is working it probably isn't a fuse.  Click HERE for a picture of what my battery disconnect looks like.  I would guess yours should be similar if not identical.

BTW, you should disconnect this when the camper is not in use because things like the CO detector will slowly drain your battery and that will lead to a very short life for the battery.

travis

[siegeliv]

i had the same problem, one of the 15 amp fuses was blown. If the battery is pluged in, try this.  Pop the cover in the dinet and look for the LED's.  My fuse blow when someone plugged in the bunk light/fan switched on and shorted it out.  Good Luck.

[tlhdoc]

There might be a 12 volt wires and a  connector going up the outside of the PU on the rear roadside of the trailer.  Look for it in a fold in the tenting.  Do you have anything 12 volt besides the lights?  Another thing to look for is the 12 volt kill switch.  You should have one (under the galley on most Fleetwood trailers) and if it is bad the lights will not work.  A fully charged battery should be around 12.7 or 12.8 volts.   Good luck and let us know what the problem is.

[Arizona Native]

Mine is brand new and first night out discovered that the line between the kitchen outlet and the larger bunkend light had a short in it.  Snipped the wire goeing out of the galley plug and wa la!  the fuses stopped blowing and at least one light and 2 plugs work!  Now I just need to figure out how to bypass the wire for the other light (and before anyone talks about warrantees I think it would be more work to hitch it up and go to the dealer twice than to just fix the dumb wire).

Anyway,  I think there are some wires probably that run real close to some screws or rivets or something in the roof that could have been nicked when the roof was installed maybe..

[jgbackes]

Mine is brand new and first night out discovered that the line between the kitchen outlet and the larger bunkend light had a short in it.  Snipped the wire goeing out of the galley plug and wa la!  the fuses stopped blowing and at least one light and 2 plugs work!  Now I just need to figure out how to bypass the wire for the other light (and before anyone talks about warrantees I think it would be more work to hitch it up and go to the dealer twice than to just fix the dumb wire).

Anyway,  I think there are some wires probably that run real close to some screws or rivets or something in the roof that could have been nicked when the roof was installed maybe..

I also have an E2, if you look at the rear driver's side support, you'll see a pair of wires (one black one white) that bring 12vdc up to the roof, check to see if those got pinched and shorted.

[Arizona Native]

I also have an E2, if you look at the rear driver's side support, you'll see a pair of wires (one black one white) that bring 12vdc up to the roof, check to see if those got pinched and shorted.

Unplugging that set of wires was how I isolated it to the roof electrics.  The short is between the above galley plug and the front light.   Anyway,  I ran a wire to bypass the shorted one in the aluminum track around the corner of the roof and all is well again.