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Leemurdock · 02-10-2015, 12:59 PM

I have a 40 ft. Travel supreme 2003. I changed the cranking batteries 2, and now all of the dash gages do not work. The engine starts and everything else seems to work but no gages. Checked fuses and breakers.
Perplexed in st. George utah

sailor_lou · 02-10-2015, 01:55 PM

What fuse did you check? On my rig I have fuses in four different locations:

1) The fuse blocks in the small compartment just forward of the driver's side front tire.
2) A fuse block near the engine & transmission computers in the power bay (just behind the driver's side rear tires.
3) A couple of in-line fuses directly off the positive terminals on the batteries inside the battery compartment (behind the passenger's side rear tires).
4) Inside the bedroom closet, although I doubt any of these are tied to the dash gauges.

Hopefully you'll find something there. Did you notice any sparks or have anything unusual happen when you replaced the batteries?

rag_ftw · 02-10-2015, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by sailor_lou

Did you notice any sparks or have anything unusual happen when you replaced the batteries?

The only thing I hate worse than letting some of the sparks out of electronics is when the smoke escapes!!

When you turn on your parking lights does the instrument backlighting illuminate?

If possible take a pic of your instruments and post it. If they are Ametek NGI gages I have the prints for them would be glad to share with you.

hal1phx · 02-10-2015, 06:23 PM

Interesting ... tho I don't have any recommendations other then making certain your exchange was with like batteries and hook up was as disconnected ..... I would be perplexed as well ....
by the way ....

lots of great advise up in here for sure ......

denlock · 02-10-2015, 07:03 PM

Check for a broken ground wire at the batteries. I had the same thing happen when I put the batteries in in the spring once in my previous motorhome.

Gordon Dewald · 02-10-2015, 07:34 PM

Any other wires laying beside the battery?

Leemurdock · 02-11-2015, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by rag_ftw

The only thing I hate worse than letting some of the sparks out of electronics is when the smoke escapes!!

When you turn on your parking lights does the instrument backlighting illuminate?

If possible take a pic of your instruments and post it. If they are Ametek NGI gages I have the prints for them would be glad to share with you.

Yes the backlighting works
Bill Evans

trophy · 02-18-2015, 04:33 AM

I had a 2001 and the positive cable ground out against the frame and they quit working. After fixing the cable they all worked except the tac. Good luck, if u need tac please respond.

rag_ftw · 02-18-2015, 09:34 AM

Look very closely at the speedo when you turn on the ignition key. Does the needle move at all. (It may only be 1/4" or so off the bottoms stop?

As Lou indicated this sure sounds like a blown fuse or bad ground.

Who made your instruments? A close up,pic of your speedo would help us.

Leemurdock · 02-20-2015, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Leemurdock

I have a 40 ft. Travel supreme 2003. I changed the cranking batteries 2, and now all of the dash gages do not work. The engine starts and everything else seems to work but no gages. Checked fuses and breakers.
Perplexed in st. George utah

Inoperable gages,

Problem fixed! Even though I took pictures they didn't show one wire and I put it on ground. When I noticed that it was fused I moved it to positive.
Thanks to all for the great tips! It was a learning experience.
Leemurdock

Bigdsl · 02-20-2015, 01:01 PM

Ya gotta love it when the solution is simple.

rag_ftw · 02-20-2015, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Bigdsl

Ya gotta love it when the solution is simple.

And you really gotta love it when you find this simple solution BEFORE you spend ton of money on other stuff!

Good troubleshooting Leemurdock. Glad you found the problem and thanks for sharing the solution.\!