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Old 08-19-2017, 06:58 PM   #1
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Leveling Control Pad went out

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We arrived at our campground, raised the camper and unhooked the truck. When I hit Auto Level, the front lowered, panel said Grounding Jacks but nothing was happening. Then the panel went out. I found one thread on this site that said it may be a fuse blown so we spent a substantial amount of time looking for where it might be. This was on a Sunday evening so we slept with the camper very unlevel, contacted Lippert Monday and they agreed it would be a blown fuse (10A) caused by a low battery. Finally in desperation my husband started taking covers off of everything because we could not find the fuse. He happened to notice two switches under a black cover that were in different positions, flipped one and the panel came back on. Turns out there was a resettable fuse, kind of like a breaker, rather than a traditional one and that's why we couldn't find it. We still could not use the Auto Level because of the battery problem but I could level it manually.
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Thanks for the pointers. Indeed that might aid in someone's troubleshooting frustrations. Hope you were able to get all of the electrical issues sorted out and enjoy your travels.
FWIW: In that category I like to, depending on the type of site, plug in to shore power or start the generator rather promptly before expecting much from the hydraulic pump system (leveling, slides) I also tend to leave the power on until just before pulling the chocks. With using the inverter for the fridge. etc. it's always nice to have a little reserve battery capacity.

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Old 08-21-2017, 08:09 AM   #3
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Those 2 breakers you describe are in my battery box. When my slide won't move that is the first thing I look for.

I have a Bigfoot and when the auto level does not work it generally means that one of the back jacks is not fully retracted.

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You just reminded me that when I took a took box and other things out of the 5er to lighten the load one of the boxes had all of my spare fuses. Glad I didn't need them.
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Where did you find the black box? Pictures?
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