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Old 03-25-2016, 08:45 PM   #1
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Please help.

Please help. We just bought a Jayco Quest. Is it possible to use the heater and fridge whiteout plugging in to 110? If so, how?
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Old 03-25-2016, 08:57 PM   #2
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Not sure what year Quest you bought but guessing there's little difference. Here's a link to an owners manual - look at page 49 & 51

http://www.jayco.com/files/downloads...lename_121.pdf

The answer to your question is yes. You need a charged 12v battery and propane to make it all work.

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Old 03-25-2016, 09:32 PM   #3
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Thanks for the prompt reply. I read through that section in the manual and am still very confused. I'm pretty technically adept (woodworker, welder, mechanic). My Jayco is 15 years old and the manual I have is different. I also only have two switches on my trailer. I think one is for gas and one for electric.

The heater and fridge just work when I plug it into to my house 110. But I can't figure out how to make the stove, heater or fridge work unless it is plugged in. I know it must be simple. Maybe a fuse or breaker? I don't know where they are located.

I also can't get the stove or BBQ to work ever, either plunged in or just with gas.

I love thew trailer but am so sad that I can't use the fridge, heater, stove, grill or water. It's been six months and I can't figure it out. Leaving Sunday.
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Old 03-25-2016, 09:54 PM   #4
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Make sure the propane valves on the tanks are open.

Turn on a burner on the stove and give it 20 seconds or so to get propane to flow through the hoses.

Does the stove have an electronic lighter ( clicker )?

You don't need any power at all to make a burner on the stove work
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All three, heater, stove and fridge, all need propane to operate.
The furnace fan may run without propane, but no heat

The heater and fridge also need 12 VDc from the battery.

Let's rule,out propane first
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If you are getting propane at the stove, you should be able to smell it.
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Next up is the battery supply. A few things to look for

The battery may have a disconnect switch. Usually close to battery location

There is almost always a fuse very close to the battery

The battery is charged by a converter. This is usually located behind a plastic cover ( mine is down low by the furnace )

Your AC breakers and DC fuses are usually located in this same panel

Also check the battery cable connections, including the negative cable, which goes from the battery terminal and connects to a ground lug on the trailer frame, usually within a few feet. Check that connection as well
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Old 03-26-2016, 06:05 AM   #8
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Is the fridge igniter working? When you disconnect from 110, you should hear the igniter trying to light the pilot light for the fridge.


Do the lights on the trailer work when running on battery power?
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The fridge igniter does not seem to work with propane. The lights do not work when the switch in the refrigerator compartment is switched to 12V. There is no battery disconnect switch. Battery is well grounded. I don't see any fuses or breakers. There is no propane at the stove.

There is a sticker in the igniter compartment that says the fridge should only be run when the battery is charging. Does this mean the fridge does not run on propane alone?

So confused and frustrated.
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Old 03-26-2016, 09:28 AM   #10
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Did you state your rig is 15 years old? In order to give any intelligent info, the model and make need to be known. In those days some fridges did not even have auto ignitors.

IMO, you are asking in the right but you may have waited to long to address the problems for this trip.

You may have to use it as you have been and get some rv repairperson out to give you a hand. A 15 year old rig may need a good going over.

If you have the make and model, there is all kinds of info online.
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I can't find any serial number. Do you know where they are located on a Jayco Quest? The trailer is in immaculate condition. The grill has never been used. It's perplexing that the propane doesn't even get to the grill or stove.

It probably is too late for this trip. I should costed defeat and enjoy it as a rolling tent.
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Ok, one step back in the process.... Are the propane tanks full of propane

And the tank valves are open

Is there a left/ right regulator valve in between the two tanks
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The fact that you are not getting propane at the stove or grill, and that the stove, grill, heat and fridge all use propane, says that at least you have a problem with propane supply

Empty tanks
Closed tanks
Tank selector switch
Hose ( broken, kinked )
Old/ bad regulator
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If you have checked all of the previous suggestions I would be suspicious of a defective regulator. I think the original propane tanks are old enough that they cannot be refilled unless they have been updated with new valves ( or the tanks replaced) .
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I have two new tanks. Tried both of them.
I so appreciate all of your comments.
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A fifteen year old rig. Perhaps it is possible, albeit highly unlikely, but perhaps possible that your rig has the old manual style fridge, heater and stove wherein you had to light pilot lights?

I know the industry started to move away from this during the 80s. Yet, I have met one person who had a 1997 rig, which required a pilot light to be lit on the fridge before operating on propane.

In my old 5'er, I had to manually light the pilot on the stove top (I could also just light a single burner with a lighter, but if I wanted the convenience of just turning the burner on there was a pilot to be lit.), oven, and water heater before using them on propane.
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Ok, good.

You still have an issue with the left/ right selector or the hose.

Not much else inbetween the tank and the burner in the stove
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It has a manual igniter which I think is for the fridge. When plugged into 110, the heater and fridge work. I'm not sure if it works on 110 and gas, or just 110. I can't figure out how to light the igniter. It has instructions but they don't work. It seems like the propane is not getting to the igniter and the stove. I guess the regulator may be the problem.
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There is only one tank connected at a time. I'm not sure what the left/right selector hose is. So I probably don't have one.
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On my propane system, the hose connects to the propane tank, then runs a short distance to valve where the other tank hose also connects.

This has a left/ right / center selector.

Left= left tank
Center = auto select.

Manually move this switch to the tank that you have connected

Go open the stove burner valve and wait about 20 seconds....

Do you smell gas?
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