Messed up leisure battery change. Blown fuse somewhere?

[mettala]

Hello! First post here

I have 2007 T5 California and yesterday I was about to change both leisure batteries. First, I changed the cupboard battery without any issues and everything was working well after this. Then, I moved to the one under the front seat. However, during this operation the positive battery cable touched the seat support frame resulting in some sparks. This is when I knew I messed up.

After connecting the battery, I tested if the electronics still work. The rear lights nor the control panel do not turn on anymore.

I assume that there's a blown fuse somewhere. However, I visually checked the blade fuses under the front seat, under the dashboard, and under the bonnet by the starter battery. All of them seemed to be fine.

Am I missing something? What should be my next action to triangulate the root cause? Are there any other fuses hidden somewhere that I have not checked?

Luckily the car still starts and moves. I live in Finland where the California has never been sold so I don't think that there are too many repair shops who have experience from these.

Thank you in advance!

 

[vbk1975]

Hello! First post here

I have 2007 T5 California and yesterday I was about to change both leisure batteries. First, I changed the cupboard battery without any issues and everything was working well after this. Then, I moved to the one under the front seat. However, during this operation the positive battery cable touched the seat support frame resulting in some sparks. This is when I knew I messed up.

After connecting the battery, I tested if the electronics still work. The rear lights nor the control panel do not turn on anymore.

I assume that there's a blown fuse somewhere. However, I visually checked the blade fuses under the front seat, under the dashboard, and under the bonnet by the starter battery. All of them seemed to be fine.

Am I missing something? What should be my next action to triangulate the root cause? Are there any other fuses hidden somewhere that I have not checked?

Luckily the car still starts and moves. I live in Finland where the California has never been sold so I don't think that there are too many repair shops who have experience from these.

Thank you in advance!

There is a Cube fuse on the rear battery, use search on the forum and you will fine lots of references. But this just takes out the rear battery. The two leisure batteries should be connected together permanently. I would check the large fuses, not the small blade ones. There are some circuits for the camper side electrics in the VIP download section to help.

 

[WelshGas]

Hello! First post here

I have 2007 T5 California and yesterday I was about to change both leisure batteries. First, I changed the cupboard battery without any issues and everything was working well after this. Then, I moved to the one under the front seat. However, during this operation the positive battery cable touched the seat support frame resulting in some sparks. This is when I knew I messed up.

After connecting the battery, I tested if the electronics still work. The rear lights nor the control panel do not turn on anymore.

I assume that there's a blown fuse somewhere. However, I visually checked the blade fuses under the front seat, under the dashboard, and under the bonnet by the starter battery. All of them seemed to be fine.

Am I missing something? What should be my next action to triangulate the root cause? Are there any other fuses hidden somewhere that I have not checked?

Luckily the car still starts and moves. I live in Finland where the California has never been sold so I don't think that there are too many repair shops who have experience from these.

Thank you in advance!

The Leisure circuit fuses are under the Drivers seat LHD. They really need a multimeter to check properly.
These documents might help.
The fuse positions vary from vehicle to vehicle over the years but not the fuse box position or fuse size.

 

[mettala]

Thanks!

I don't recall seeing a cube fuse mentioned in the linked post, but I'll double check tomorrow.

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Any specific large fuses that I should check? The only one I remember seeing was a 80A fuse under the seat