No 12v elecrics on 2013 Sprite Major 6....Help!!

richthestag
richthestag Forum Participant Posts: 4
edited August 2016 in Caravans #1

Hi!  We are at Durham cc site with no 12v electrics.

Battery fully charged, charger warm and lit up so i assume its working. All fuses ok.

The control panel over the door is not lit up. Could this be the problem ?  Does anybody have any other ideas.

Regards,

Richard.

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  • Wildwood
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    edited August 2016 #2

    Not sure what model you have so do not know what system you have and what the display should show. If you can clarify that someone who knows that system might be able to help.

    Sounds like the main fuse but you say you have checked them. The charger works off the mains so would still be on as long as the mains fuse was not blown.

    It might be worth asking the wardens for advice if you have not resolved it by the morning as they are often very helpful.

  • jennyc
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    edited August 2016 #3

    Readers are working fairly blind on this - but; you'll have a main electrical control box under a bunk. It contains the fuses which you've checked, the mcbs for 230v services and your battery charger which you tell us is warm. It commonly also incorporates a main on/off switch/ button to isolate the van? Is that on? Does it normally start up some monitoring software with an lcd display?  Is the unit made by Sargent? They can be very helpful if you ring them direct. I'd ring the supply manufacturer's technical support in most cases or your local dealer but I only have experience of Sargent. As part of your travelling repair kit, you might do well to spend £10 in a market for a cheap multimeter. Any call for service support will be aided if you can take some basic readings for them. You may have a simpler controller than I've described on an entry level van like a Sprite - that's not mention to be critical, rather more helpful, our first van was very basic indeed, but that was a long while ago.

  • Snowy1
    Snowy1 Forum Participant Posts: 263
    edited August 2016 #4

    It might be worth checking the caravans' habitation relay. 

  • KENNYG
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    edited August 2016 #5

    I prossum you have tried the main in line fuse near to the rear of the battery box just a thought. 

  • Hallsontour
    Hallsontour Forum Participant Posts: 199
    edited August 2016 #6

    Check the connection / fuse under the seat by the battery box, they work loose whilst you're towing. We've had the same problem with ours.

  • richthestag
    richthestag Forum Participant Posts: 4
    edited August 2016 #7

    Thanks for all your replys. It is a Sargent psu. I have been on to tech support and they sent me out a brand new unit to try. Sadly this didnt help!.The main battery fuse is ok also. Where would i find the habitation relay please?

  • Discoil
    Discoil Forum Participant Posts: 19
    edited August 2016 #8

    On my 'van is a master switch above the main door which turns off everything !

    Do you have something like that ?

  • jennyc
    jennyc Forum Participant Posts: 957
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    edited August 2016 #9

    Thanks for all your replys. It is a Sargent psu. I have been on to tech support and they sent me out a brand new unit to try. Sadly this didnt help!.The main battery fuse is ok also. Where would i find the habitation relay please?

    Write your comments here...

    In the Sargent unit which you replaced I'm afraid. It's time for that meter and some serious, logical fault finding I suspect.

  • KjellNN
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    edited August 2016 #10

    Have you checked the connection wire behind the control panel?  And any other wires you can find between the PSU and the panel?

    If panel LED does not come on when you turn on the panel, then the power is not reaching it.

  • scotts
    scotts Forum Participant Posts: 48
    edited August 2016 #11

    On my Major 6 all the 240v works off the bat the fridge 240v sockets - you just press the corresponding button on the sergant for heating/charging/water, but the 12v only works when you press the black button (top left) of the sergant PSU & then the contol
    pannel above the door.

  • hitchglitch
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    edited August 2016 #12

    I had this problem on a Bailey. Underneath the bed there was a connector in the DC cable from the battery to the control box. It had worked loose.

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