Ok I,ll try to give as much info as i can without being to long winded. Long story short, we took our 2000 jayco designer 5th wheel in to get a new roof installed. When I went to pick it up I saw that the left turn/brake light was on. it was not plugged into the truck yet just into 110v. So I unplugged it and the light went out. I tried to use the power jacks and they didnt work. I found the fuse for the 12v batteries was blown, replaced that and the left turn/brake light come back on. If i remove the fuse from the 12v batteries and plug it into the truck and remove the fuse from the truck that feeds power to the trailer all the lights work fine. The dealer replace the rubber roof and installed a new air conditioner and thermostat. After a long battle with the dealer, not going to type all of that out, they arent going to do anything for me. and at this point i dont really want them to touch it again anyway. So now its my problem to fix it. I had to remove the bulbs from the lights so that they are not on all the time. (we do live in it, and its plugged in all the time). I did inspect the trailer plug to see if maybe it was ran over and there was a short in there but it looks ok. The weather here hasnt been to good to get into it yet so i have not messed with it at all. The fuse for the 12v batteries is still good and have not had any other problems. I have worked with 12v trailer lights before but the wireing on them was easy to get to. im not sure where to start on this? I still think it is something they did but i guess its possible it was a freak thing. I do know i need to get it fixed before our next trip. any help would be great.
thanks, Walt
Bob and Cheri said
03:00 AM Feb 24, 2013
Walt You said that you had two things done to your unit. 1) new roof installed, 2) new AC with thermostat. A couple of years back I had a new roof installed on my 1990 5ver and while they were working on it I would go and look at the progress. I was really surprised that all of the wiring for the trailer was run through the rafters of the roof in one big bunch. I am not sure but I am guessing that yours could be the same way and the some how pinched the left turn/stop wire and the main 12v power supply wire together. I would have it checked out in the area of the new AC unit first. If that dose not show up any thing then I would think about running a new wire for the Left Turn/Stop Light.
Born2bfree said
04:11 AM Feb 24, 2013
thanks, i was wondering about that. They told me that the wiring for the lights didnt run near the roof, but of course thats what they would tell me since they insist that it was nothing they did. I wish I had went and looked at it while they were working on it but it was about an hour drive and had to much faith in there work. i think it may come down to me running a new wire but im not sure how diffucult that will be since everything is enclosed.
Alie and Jims Carrilite said
03:39 PM Feb 24, 2013
Somewhere in the reroofing process, a staple has cut into a cable. Call Jayco and ask where the light wiring ran. Since they have been in business so long they ought to be able to help you out.
Lucky Mike said
04:00 PM Feb 24, 2013
if you need to find an energized wire or wire loom within a ceiling or home ,a simple map needle compass slid across the surface will pick up the magnetic field when you pass over the wire and show you the direction it is running and stop within 1'inch as you pass over the short.
Kinda simple but neat system (this is the method in which the 150.00 short finder is made).....I learned this on" Bill Nye the Science guy" while my kids were fixing the remote for me.
-- Edited by Lucky Mike on Sunday 24th of February 2013 04:01:45 PM
Born2bfree said
11:04 PM Feb 24, 2013
Thanks, I didn't even think about calling jayco. I'll try giving them a call and see what they say. Yea I'm sure they pinched or pierced a wire somewhere.
Ok I,ll try to give as much info as i can without being to long winded. Long story short, we took our 2000 jayco designer 5th wheel in to get a new roof installed. When I went to pick it up I saw that the left turn/brake light was on. it was not plugged into the truck yet just into 110v. So I unplugged it and the light went out. I tried to use the power jacks and they didnt work. I found the fuse for the 12v batteries was blown, replaced that and the left turn/brake light come back on. If i remove the fuse from the 12v batteries and plug it into the truck and remove the fuse from the truck that feeds power to the trailer all the lights work fine. The dealer replace the rubber roof and installed a new air conditioner and thermostat. After a long battle with the dealer, not going to type all of that out, they arent going to do anything for me. and at this point i dont really want them to touch it again anyway. So now its my problem to fix it. I had to remove the bulbs from the lights so that they are not on all the time. (we do live in it, and its plugged in all the time). I did inspect the trailer plug to see if maybe it was ran over and there was a short in there but it looks ok. The weather here hasnt been to good to get into it yet so i have not messed with it at all. The fuse for the 12v batteries is still good and have not had any other problems. I have worked with 12v trailer lights before but the wireing on them was easy to get to. im not sure where to start on this? I still think it is something they did but i guess its possible it was a freak thing. I do know i need to get it fixed before our next trip. any help would be great.
thanks, Walt
You said that you had two things done to your unit. 1) new roof installed, 2) new AC with thermostat. A couple of years back I had a new roof installed on my 1990 5ver and while they were working on it I would go and look at the progress. I was really surprised that all of the wiring for the trailer was run through the rafters of the roof in one big bunch. I am not sure but I am guessing that yours could be the same way and the some how pinched the left turn/stop wire and the main 12v power supply wire together. I would have it checked out in the area of the new AC unit first. If that dose not show up any thing then I would think about running a new wire for the Left Turn/Stop Light.
thanks, i was wondering about that. They told me that the wiring for the lights didnt run near the roof, but of course thats what they would tell me since they insist that it was nothing they did. I wish I had went and looked at it while they were working on it but it was about an hour drive and had to much faith in there work. i think it may come down to me running a new wire but im not sure how diffucult that will be since everything is enclosed.
if you need to find an energized wire or wire loom within a ceiling or home ,a simple map needle compass slid across the surface will pick up the magnetic field when you pass over the wire and show you the direction it is running and stop within 1'inch as you pass over the short.
Kinda simple but neat system (this is the method in which the 150.00 short finder is made).....I learned this on" Bill Nye the Science guy" while my kids were fixing the remote for me.
-- Edited by Lucky Mike on Sunday 24th of February 2013 04:01:45 PM