i have a sprite alpine 2 2008 the internal lights only work when plugged into the hook up not from the caravan battery
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internal lights
- Thread starter ken bysouth
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no nothing works
Sounds like a flat battery or blown main fuse.
Check your battery with a multimeter, you're looking for 12.7 volts or more. Anything less it may need charging or replacing.
Check along the red wire leading from the battery into the van. There should be an in-line fuse close to the battery box.
Check your battery with a multimeter, you're looking for 12.7 volts or more. Anything less it may need charging or replacing.
Check along the red wire leading from the battery into the van. There should be an in-line fuse close to the battery box.
As Mr Grumpy says you should find a 20amp Battery fuse usually inside the caravan behind the Battery box. Often hidden under water pipes or heater ducting.
Did you switch the fridge to gas? Maybe consider getting an inverter as at least you can watch TV if you wished to so.
@ken bysouth It could be that your battery isn't holding its charge , do you have a battery monitor(gauge) on your caravan's control panel? if so when on charge it should be 13.8 V ,if the voltage drops immediately once you turn off the mains electricity , then it is probably a fuse( 20A marked Van Batt) , if it drops away slowly then its the battery not holding its charge
Do you think your fridge ran off the 12 v battery when the EHU failed?
I can understand the fridge control panel working off the battery but not the heating element? Or is yours connected differently??
We forgot to top the electric card up but we are on the pay as you go meter system ( but now we top it up on every visit) one minute watching doghouse next we were left with the lights but the fridge was working but kept bleeping but the stuff was cold but we had hot water but on a low level but our caravan has 2 solar panels on the roof .
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I suspect the reason the fridge stayed cold is because of its insulation. Same for hot water.
Ken b,. My 20 amp yellow fuse is situated below the removable bottom panel of the wardrobe once this is lifted it can then be seen at rest on the top of the battery box..
When, on our Coachman, if the EHU fails, and we have the fridge set to Automatic it goes directly to gas as long as we have 12 volts to the fridge supply, the same happens for the hot water / heating, Trauma Combi unit.
Same with our Buccaneer. I suspect that many later model caravans it was possible for it to do this automatically. I doubt if I would have put up with the bleeping all night as simple to manually switch to gas.
THe OP's caravan is from 2008, such automatic switching may not have been available on his model.
Always have our fridge set on Auto and never change it. When hooked up at home before going away,it is on mains. When disconnect and hook up to car changes to Battery on its own. When on site turn Gas bottle on and if a power cut on site it then changes itself to Gas. Oh for modern day controls.
Due to fred Drift started by BB, I think Hutch and myself were responding to BB post and not the OP? 😀
Drifting on , my 2009 fridge has a thing called a knob. You turn it manually to get gas, 230 v or 12 v or off😉
No idea what year BB’s is. No doubt he will explain.
thanks everyone problem sorted was a fuse behind the water heater
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