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[TurnerFam]

Questions:

- you are getting 12v power to the LCI Panel, right? It is powered thru the CHASSIS battery bank...

- are you getting 12v power to the HYDRAULICS module? It is powered thru the HOUSE battery bank, though.

It's quite possible that you have simply tripped a BUSS BREAKER that is inline with the Hydraulics, since your panel works, but your hydraulics do not...or may not be. These breakers may be located near the House battery bank, possibly mounted on the wall, and may have a little yellow or red 'flag' protruding out slightly if it is 'tripped'.... pushing it back in will reset the fuse/breaker.



A similar problem happened to us while on a sloping site in South Dakota back in 2014 when we were relatively new to the coach. After allowing the panel to 'auto level', I found some tires off the ground and was not comfortable.
I went back into the coach and tried to turn the LCI panel back on, but nothing. Nada, no lights, no power, nothing... OMG!
While I was a little taken aback, especially as the panel had just worked in order to level the coach in the first place, I immediately jumped to the conclusion that it 'must' be something to do with low hydraulic fluid, or something like that - it certainly couldn't have been electrical, or so I thought.
After checking the fluid tank, and finding it very low, I rushed to the truck stop nearby, bought 2 quarts of fluid, and emptied them into the tank - but, still no power at the panel.

Hmmmmm ????!, well, o.k., I'll try to 'manually' ratchet the legs back up....(that was a futile effort, and probably not something you really want to have to try)...

so, finally, exasperated, I actually did what I should have done to start with - call THOR customer service. They were quite efficient and intelligent, too, as he almost immediately knew what the answer might be - just go to your battery compartment, find one of the 'fuse/buss breakers' on the wall, probably a 50amp or 100amp size, and push that little 'flag' thingy back in.

Sure enough, I now had power back at the panel, and I easily brought up the legs....

BUT!! ! ! now, I had another issue - fluid bursting out all over my front hydraulics and generator compartment! The fluid I had added, though the tank 'looked' close to empty, was EXACTLY at the level it already should have been, as when the legs are extended, the fluid is out AT THE LEGS, not in the tank - I had just severely overfilled the tank, and now the extra had to go out SOMEWHERE.... crazy.

Five years later, and probably 90,000 miles later, that hydraulics area is still 'a leaky mess' as trying to clean it up, around the hoses, the module, and all the areas that are in that small area is difficult - but, alas, it hasn't effected the performance of the leveling system, or anything to do with travel - I'll just leave it just like it is!