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Hi everyone. I own a bailey approach 765 motorhome and our drop down bed has stopped working altogether!... it has stopped once or twice previously and then either started again or next morning!... just been away for the bank holiday and this time it's given up the ghost... iv'e tried.. as advised by someone earlier of pressing both up and down buttons together but still nothing happening... can anyone give us any advise of what we could try doing please? many thanks.

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Check whether the fuse for the power-supply to the bed's motor has blown (which seems to be not that unusual with Bailey drop-down beds).

This 2021 Wildcamping forum thread suggests where the fuse MIGHT be located

https://wildcamping.co.uk/threads/bailey-765-fuse-location.88349/

and this video (relating to a Bailey Adamo 69-4) MIGHT also be useful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wymOed27dD8

I THINK the Bailey handbook says

The 12V electrical systems fuses are located either in a bed box or under the fixed bed. It has 14 fuses, each having identification to their particular use. If a fuse is to be replaced it must be with one of the same rating as the one that is removed.

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Had similar issues with our Eldiss 196, all of a sudden the bed stopped working. On mine the resettable fuse was in a small blanked-off space above the parcel shelf. Just push the button on the fuse and viola job done. I think a dealer showed me where the fuse was and it popped half a dozen times in the four years we had it. General feeling was the cables were a bit on the thin size and could be uprated but a heck of a job to do so I just put up with resetting the fuse. 

Good luck in finding your fuse, Bailey might help with a reply to "where's the bed fuse"

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This Practical Motorhome review of a 2014 Bailey Approach Autograph 765 model mentions (in the Beds section) the motorhome's longitudinal electrically-operated 'drop down' bed. 

https://www.practicalmotorhome.com/reviews/bailey-approach-autograph-765

The relevant 2014 Bailey Owner's Manual includes the following guidance

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(I don't know who the bed's manufacturer is.)

There is a couple of earlier 'HELP' on-line enquiries

https://wildcamping.co.uk/threads/bailey-765-dropdown-bed-anyone-got-one-help.54277/

https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/club-together/discussions/information-technical-tips-advice/motorhomes/bailey-765-electric-drop-down-bed-problem-help/

one of which suggests 'rebooting' a non-operating bed by disconnecting/reconnecting the battery that supplies the bed with power. That might be worth trying, but it obviously won't correct a failed fuse or a fault with the motor.

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