So, we arrive in Richmond, VA at home of relatives for Christmas. We level the rig and plug into their outside outlet. Everything works fine then I notice my fridge is not working (nothing on display). I then notice nothing displaying on the one-place panel, the furnace has quit and none of the 12V lights work. We have 120VAC everywhere.
So, thinking it must be something broke, I start checking all the 12 circuit breakers, battery connections, grounds, etc. Just can't figure out why nothing 12V works. I poke around under the front hood where the battery solenoid is.
Finally, I call a trusted and knowledgeable guy who once owned a coach like mine, Joe Kasunich (JoeK) to see if he has any ideas. Joe is a prince of a guy and very tech savvy. With my voltmeter in hand and cell phone to ear, he has me check the fuse near the house batteries...it checks OK. Then he has me check the battery solenoid in the front and there is voltage on both sides of that. Then, Joe asks if I have checked the battery disconnect switch on the dash?? The light bulb
goes on and, sure enough, it is off. It seems the DW was switching the radio power switch from main to aux so the TV sound would work and inadvertently hit the adjacent battery disconnect switch.
So, all thoughts of spending hours trying to find some electrical gremlin followed by trying to find some critical RV electrical part on Christmas Eve vanished with the simple flip of a switch.
I never use the battery disconnect switch since we keep the rig stored with a shore line to keep the batteries charged. I just did not think it was a simple problem. My most recent senior moment.
Thanks, Joe.