Camper will not run on battery

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So every every fuse is

So every every fuse is reading about 13.6 volts 

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Don’t give up

Even the fuse at the battery? That sounds like converter voltage if the battery is at 12 something.  Sounds like a challenge, I wish I was in the area and could stop by to help. Don’t give up, it is a simple circuit, just hard to get at in some places.

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No not the fuse at the

No not the fuse at the battery .. every fuse in the fuse box is reading 13.6 I didn’t hook the battery back up because every time I do the fuse blows .. I should put a fuse in and see what the fuse by the battery reads without hooking it up to the battery right ? 

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fuse at the battery

You do not even need a fuse at the battery. just check the voltage in the fuse holder on the "house" side, if its 13.6 the wire may be good. Could the battery be reverse charged?

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Just a question about

Just a question about Understanding the circuit.. the line that runs to the top fuse “charge line to the battery” runs from the fuse directly to the battery.. so where is the charger ? In the fuse box ? 

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The converter is the charger

The converter is the charger, but I’ve only been around a couple of Scamps and they were not the same. Mine is screwed down next to the distribution panel and powered from the AC part of the panel.

Maybe others will jump in with other answers.

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Question

In the very first post you wrote "I checked all the fuses and replaced ones that were blown..."

Were these located in the electric service panel and what did they protect?

 

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Okay so I ran a wire from the

Okay so I ran a wire from the battery to the fuse box and unplugged the old wire and everything works.. so it was obviously just a short in the wire ... so what I think I’m going to do is just run a new wire and leave the old wire wherever it lays... any suggestions on how to run the new line ? I was thinking drilling a hole in the floor and run it along the bottom.. any opinions on that ? 

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Ideas

If you go under the floor I would suggest using flexible tubing to protect the wire as it runs along the underside of the trailer.

I had a project where I ran my wire through the hollow steel frame from front to rear and then used plastic wire ties and plastic cable clamps as needed.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Gardner-Bender-10-ft-Plastic-Cord-Organizer/999...

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Gardner-Bender-3-8-x-1-4-in-One-Hole-Plastic...

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I have a 10 Ga dedicated line

I have a 10 Ga dedicated line running from the battery to my ham radio equipment in a half inch non-metallic Liquid Tight conduit. Many fittings available to go the distance and be water proof. It runs in the frame where I can and as pictured the rest of the way.

 

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