Re: 1987 Marathon 5th Wheel

jamie wrote:

Hi Everyone,
Thanks so much for all your help, it's appreciated.
I'm going out to the property tomorrow with a list of things I need to
find out, it's pretty frustrating to be flying blind. I hope to find
someone I know that has/had a 5th wheel, so they can show me the ropes.
I honestly can't find the circuit breaker box, I've looked everywhere.
I've only found the little fuse panel, which I think operates the turn
signals & brake lights, it's located in the compartment with the
batteries, and the LP tanks. Any ideas where it can be?
I will say that we may live in it for a few months, if not more. We're
waiting for a lot of red tape to go through and for all of the
approvals, and then will have to wait until we can a permanent home put
on the land.
We may be there when it starts getting hot here in Florida, which will
be coming up fast.
So we will definitely be using the A/C, more than likely we'll be using
everything, treating it as a home.
Thanks again.
Take care,
Jamie

Here is a link with a picture of what my converter/ charger with AC circuit breakers look like. They are the ones on the left with different colors. Next to them on the right are auto type fuses for the DC system. The actual converter is the bottom unit. Lately these components have been co located in one unit as shown but as old as your rig is they may not be co located. This picture will look a little different because there are no wires connected to the circuit breakers of fuses.
http://www.bestconverter.com/product.asp?itemid=69&catid=68

If you look close to where your 30amp power cord goes in to the rig you might find the AC circuit breaker box.
If you follow the battery wires you might be able to locate the converter/charger and the DC fuses.
I do not know of any running light fuses in a rig, not to say there are none. But that could be your DC fuse panel.
It would contain quite a few fuses and should be labeled.

You commented that the rig was running on battery. By the time you get power to it the battery wont be any good, possibly. And you do need a battery in the system for it to really function good. But it will work with out one, at least some of them do. It would be best to totally disconnect the battery and take it back with you and see if you can get it recharged. By the way how many batteries are in the rig? Some have more than one like me.

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