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21/6/2013 at 2:18pm
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have you checked the fuses in the control panel?
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21/6/2013 at 3:05pm
Location: Cambridgeshire
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Check you battery charger fuse. All power from the battery or EHU goes through this and if the fuse is blown it wont work.
Also, check your battery amps and battery connections - we had the same as you recently where the dealer hadn't connected the battery properly so there was no charge in it and it took a while for the power to come back. We couldn't run on gas either as it requires the 12V circuit to power the ignition.
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21/6/2013 at 8:42pm
Location: Bolton Lancs
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Look behind the battery box inside the caravan. In the + cable (not the one for the motor mover) there will be an inline fuse, probably 25A
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22/6/2013 at 7:11am
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Rich and Andy post most likely causes.If you have a test meter put it on battery terminals, not the connection lugs, before connecting to EHU and then check again when connected.If volts go up you have a circuit.
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22/6/2013 at 6:31pm
Location: SHROPSHIRE
Outfit: Avondale argente 530 5
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Quote: Originally posted by 420freindly on 22/6/2013
12.7 volts isn't a fully charged battery sounds like you need a new battery
Really? What is then?
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22/6/2013 at 6:43pm
Location: Lichfield
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On my caravan there is an orange 12 volt rocker switch that illuminates when active. If this is not switched on I think it will only operate on 240 volts which is the problem you are having yourself. I only found out the switch was there when I was vacuuming under the worktop behind the gas fire where my MCB units are located so have a look somewhere by the MCB 240 volt electrical trip switches for a rocker switch which should say 12 volts and switch that over to see if illuminates and then try the 12 volt equipment that is currently not working.
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