Cigarette lighter and dash lights

[2003 rambler]

My dash lights and cigarette lighters quit working on my 2003 Holiday Rambler endeavor. After a lot of research there was no definitive information as to the fuse location.

What I found on my coach, it's located in the bay directly under the drivers seat in the large black panel box that the cover is secured by three wing nuts. The fuse is NOT labeled as such. I found a 30amp fuse in position#8 that was blown. I think it was labeled "spare" Everything works After replacing that fuse. While I was there I checked every fuse in the bay and lo and behold there was a 10amp fuse that was also blown. Don't know what it does but I replaced it also.

As a note, the easy way to find a blown fuse is to take a multi-meter and put the leads on the two silver metal tabs at the end of the fuse. If the fuse is bad it will show the voltage for that circuit (24 or 12 volts) on the meter, if it is good it will register 0.
I'm sure most everyone knows this so please don't get upset and making disparaging remarks.

[Skip426]

Welcome to iRV2.

Isn't RV electrical fun. Easy to tell that the guys building the RV never have to try and repair it.
Just a note on meter use ; and this isn't true for all meters ; when testing a fuse the way you describe , if the circuit is shorted , and the meter completes the circuit , you can burn it out, or at least over heat the wires .
If the fuse your testing is a single dedicated circuit with a switch , and the switch is off , you have no ground path and won't get a meter reading.
I prefer to use a test light; or meter; connected to a known good ground, when checking fuses ; unless you pull them out and use the ohm function.
Another note on meter use , it only takes mili-amps to give a reading on a digital meter , poor connections can pass enough power to give a reading , but nothing will operate because amps won't get through .
The fuse in the picture below, was not blown and passed enough power to give a meter reading and light up the led on the control panel of my leveling system but nothing would operate from the panel , test light used at the control pad connector, just glowed, and I found my problem.