Won't start, No lights - Totally dead with brand new battery

[calibrationtech]

Howdy, I need help, I have a 77 Minnie Winnie thats been parked for two years. Put in a brand new battery but I can't even get headlights to come on. It acts like it doesn't even have a battery in it. It's on a dodge 1 ton chassis with a 360 engine. does it have to have the two auxilliary batteries in it, cause they are gone. Thanks for any help

[Madathlon]

Assuming the Batt was missing.  Sometimes its hard to tell the difference in Batt cables on these old RV.  But for the House lights Every light behind the cab/pilot area runs on the House batt not the Starting Batt. 

also the cables could be broken internally or even the starting solenoid could be bad.

I would start with a test light to see if the batt has any charge in it. then go to trace back the batter cables, There is a chance you may have connect both (+) cable and are not making a loop at all.

[calibrationtech]

Thanks for the reply Madathlon, I,ll try and trace out the cables further, I metered the battery, it read 12 volts with a meter, was new right off the shelf. The only thing different from when it was parked is the two aux batteries froze and my son removed them.

[M & J]

Corrosion will be your biggest enemy. Trace the lines and insure all connections are clean and tight.

[calibrationtech]

Thanks Mike and Janie, I'll check all my connections

[pvoth1111]

triple check the grounds

[calibrationtech]

To everyone that gave suggestions, thanks, it turned out to be a bad connection with a fuseable link from the battery + cable. Thanks again

[M & J]

Glad to know we guessed right again. Thanks for the feedback.