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Old 01-21-2015, 06:53 AM   #1
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No lights inside coach

Got the 40 QBH back from service center for state inspection and now no lights work inside coach. TVs have power, inverter is inverting and batteries charging. Slides go out and there are no breakers tripped. Voltage is 12+. The two battery disconnects are green.

My balding head is being scratched.

I appreciate ideas.
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Old 01-21-2015, 08:24 AM   #2
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Turn on the 12V switch by the door (also known as the salesmans switch). Actually it is labeled 12V disconnect and if it is "on", your lights and a few other things are "off" - or disconnected from the 12V.

The only other places to check are the 12V disconnects by the batteries and your circuit breakers in bedroom closet.
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Old 01-21-2015, 10:07 AM   #3
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Got it figured out. Finally got to where I could read the labeling on the switch panel to discover the 12 volt switch "on" is down when the rest of the stitches are opposite.

Still scratching my balding head.
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Old 01-21-2015, 10:43 AM   #4
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I really do not like the way those switches are laid out...can't tell what is what at night unless you leave a light on....my wife turned off the 12 volt one night when she entered the coach......
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That's why I carry a small flashlight in my pocket, those switches and controls are all hard to see. I hit the 12v switch by mistake and I think I got yelled at real quick. Probably someone was either watching tv or on a computer, which are my wife's main things either at home or camping. Dave
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You can turn on the panel backlights if you want. The switch is on the passenger's arm rest. Or you could turn on the center switch on the door panel and that turns on the two front overhead lights.
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Old 05-09-2015, 01:27 PM   #7
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Turn on the 12V switch by the door (also known as the salesmans switch). Actually it is labeled 12V disconnect and if it is "on", your lights and a few other things are "off" - or disconnected from the 12V. The only other places to check are the 12V disconnects by the batteries and your circuit breakers in bedroom closet.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. Just had our Phaeton lubed, oil changed everywhere and the LP tank filled picked it up yesterday. Got it back in storage ready for our first trip in 2 weeks. Lights wouldn't come on. Hubby went there today to try to figure out what was wrong, reading the schematics, checking fuses, breakers, etc . Came back for quick lunch and I popped on here and entered search for inside lights and Ta Da. We found this thread and the minute we read about 12v switch near door, both started laughing. He had spent 4 hrs trying to figure out the problem and then this forum showed us our moment. Had looked at all the ones next to Drivers seat. Neither of us thought of those switches near the door. Have to agree with "garykk" those switches are hard to see. Should have been some kind of light there so you can read them.

Again iRV2 forum has the answers. Thanks again. Luvlabs!
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Also remember the switches light up when the panel light switch on the PS Arm rest is turned on
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