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22/5/2015 at 10:02am
Location: Northern Ireland
Outfit: Conway Cruiser folding camper
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If the blackwire is returned to the battery negative, that 12v socket should work. If all the 12v sockets are working off the car system, then there must be a break in 12v positive or negative cabling from the leisure battery somewhere. Having not seen a full wiring diagram of the camper, it is either another hidden fuse, a relay, or a broken wire. If you could get the loan of a test meter and set it at D.C voltage, you could run around each 12v socket and check the red wire to them all, and then run the other black lead from the test meter back to the leisure battery negative terminal. You may have to extend this lead with a piece of wire to make it if it is too short to reach back to the battery. If you are getting a reading on the reds around 12v, then the break is in the black negative wire somewhere in the circuit.
If you don't get a reading on any of the 12v reds via the meter back to the black negative terminal, then you can be sure the break is on the red side of the positive wiring. This may be hard to understand, but basically the 12 volts runs like a ittle train to each 12v outlet through a fuse and back to the battery. A qualified electrician would be best to look at this. Do NOT attempt any work on the 240v system it you have one. NO! NO! NO!
If you DO have 240v, disconnect it COMPLETELY from the mains before attempting to work around any wiring. My first recommendation is to get a good electrician.
There has got to be a fuse from the leisure battery to the camper, because any short in the 12v side would short and really overheat the battery and wiring. In fact without a fuse, a fault could cause a fire. I can see a little inline fuse on the red cable. Is that working ok? The car charging circuit would trust in a fuse fitted from inside the car, so that's why it probably works fine from it.
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