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Old 04-13-2014, 01:45 PM   #1
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My Question to the powers to be
I just pulled the cover off my 2012 Highcountry 299, One job I had was to replace a cable on the main slide
So with it being cold out yet here in Mn .I wanted to run the furnace while fixing cable. When I went to thermostat it was dead along with the water pump switch and the whole holding tank panel. also no bathroom lights. all the rest work , main cabin hall and bedroom. I found a 15 amp fuse bad, so I replaced it and that popped, the remote doesn't work either . Question is where do I even begin to look? I don't mind paying a dealer to do it but I need it in three weeks first trip
Dang it anyway
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Old 04-13-2014, 01:51 PM   #2
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I'd start by unplugging the water pump at the pump... then try another fuse if it pops too then unplug the blower on the furnace and repeat one at a time everything that doesn't work.

My bets on the pump
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Old 04-13-2014, 02:09 PM   #3
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sounds good, although my pump wasn't turned on at the time, or dosnt that matter
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Old 04-14-2014, 11:58 AM   #4
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TRY TO GUESS WHAT IT WAS, THE WATER PUMP FUSE WAS BLOWN TOO, BUT WASN'T THE INITIAL PROBLEM, THINK FOR A SEC
SIMPLE MISTAKE WHEN DISTRACTED

NO EXCUSES
JUST ME BEING ME
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Old 04-15-2014, 03:59 AM   #5
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TRY TO GUESS WHAT IT WAS, THE WATER PUMP FUSE WAS BLOWN TOO, BUT WASN'T THE INITIAL PROBLEM, THINK FOR A SEC
SIMPLE MISTAKE WHEN DISTRACTED

NO EXCUSES
JUST ME BEING ME
Hooked up the battery backwards
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Old 04-15-2014, 03:33 PM   #6
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$100.00 goes to you WINNER
Did I do damage?
Seems all good
Doing it fast white/ black wires
Black ground , White hot
Not.... always looked before
Wife talking to me while hooking up
No excuse
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Old 04-15-2014, 07:31 PM   #7
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You probably didn't do any damage, but there are two 35 or 40 amp maxi-fuses located in the converter. They are the big green ones that should be between the circuit breakers (for AC) and the fuse panel (for DC). The only purpose of those two big green fuses is to protect the converter from reverse polarity from the battery. If you connected the battery backwards, those fuses are designed to blow to protect everything. It only takes a second to blow them. The battery will not charge unless the fuses are replaced.
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Old 04-16-2014, 01:03 AM   #8
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Sounds good, Any idea where this is in a highcountry? behind fuse panel or elswhere
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Old 04-16-2014, 01:52 AM   #9
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On our Cougar, the converter is located behind tbd power distribution panel. The fuses are on the front of the panel.

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Old 04-16-2014, 02:12 AM   #10
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Great I will look there I'm not sure if fuses are blown im reading that if the lights and other 12 volt items work converter and fuses should be good. Although I will still check
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Old 04-16-2014, 07:46 AM   #11
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Everything will still work with those 2 40 amp fuses blown, except the battery doesn't charge and everything runs off of the battery instead of thru the inverter. I know this because I did the same exact thing as you, but I didn't know about the 40 amp fuses until about 3 in the morning when the refrigerator started to alarm because the new battery was dead. Found the fuses when I started looking further because I didn't think the new battery I bought 8 hours earlier to fix the refrigerator alarming then was the problem.
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Old 04-16-2014, 09:11 AM   #12
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Its seems like its always something, My question to you is are the 40 amp fuses on the panel or tucked behind
Never mind its been answered already
Thanks guys I will replace them
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Old 04-17-2014, 10:57 AM   #13
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Both bad, replaced them plus two spare, now I need to tape the batt wires red/black at the ends
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