AC not working

Good news!!! Thanks for letting us know. Hope you have a great trip with no more problems.

Glad to hear you got it fixed. Of course a lot of people here won't believe Camping World can fix anything. :B

Ok on way to Jayco headquarters ... it was AC control board - kept blowing fuses. Camping world Syracuse got it up and road worthy ... Main waste pipe re attached but having Jayco look at that too.

Just contact the dealer service dept. and explain symptoms very clearly. Make sure that the house battery switch is "on", not in "store" position. With a new rig, you probably have an automatic power transfer switch. If not, you need to plug the shore power plug into the receptacle on the side of the generator to get power to the AC. It's possible that what you thought was the AC running was the blower for the furnace. Look carefully at the controls on the thermostat and set for cooling, adjust temp to 65 to get A to come on.

You can buy a digital multi-meter from a Harbor Freight store for under $10. Read instructions, set to DC scale and 20 volts to test house battery. Don't test 110vac unless you know what you are doing, electrocution hazard.

Bright idea: Ask somebody with a motorhome to help you figure this out.

GreenMtMomma wrote:
TRC Surge guard RV power protection? MODEL 34830?
Would this work at camp ground?

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TRC Surge guard RV power protection? MODEL 34830?
Would this work at camp ground?

You shouldn't have to handle the actual "House" aka "Coach" (as opposed to Chassis) Battery. Sure there could be a wire off someplace, but it'd be hard to tell you where to even start looking. Is there a Fuse in the 12-Volt section of your Load Center? Or in the Thermostat? Our Thermostat, that we use for Furnace only, uses two AA batteries, but it's not a factory RV thermostat...

you said it ran for 5 minutes on the generator. did it sound any differently when it quit? tell us more about what happened when it did run. Did it blow out cool air then? Were you running anything else that was a big load, like the microwave, coffee pot, or hair dryer when it quit?

J-d battery is all showing good and full on monitor inside door when I test. Do I need to pull the actual battery out from below?
Did cycle AC breaker off and on per tech call walk thru trouble shooting. No fan.

Do your 12-volt-DC items like overhead lights, roof vent fans, work?

I tried to look up 2017 Redhawk Owner's Manual and apparently Jayco doesn't have it online. The 2016 Manual says you DO HAVE an ATS (Automatic Transfer Switch), so that explains why microwave works running the generator. If Generator is running, the ATS will supply the coach from the Generator even if the Shore Tie Cable is plugged into a working campsite outlet.

I ask about your lights and fans because you also have a Battery Disconnect Switch. If your A/C has a wall thermostat, it needs Battery Voltage to run the A/C. The A/C, the Furnace, and the Fridge are all like that. They USE 120-volt-AC power (or LP Gas), but they are CONTROLLED by 12-volt-DC.

On our older Jayco, I can plug into Shore Tie, OR run Generator, and still NOT be able to turn the Fridge or Furnace on till I turn the Battery on. (Didn't say A/C because we don't have wall controls. It's like an old window shaker with two knobs, 12-volt-DC not needed.) Just wondering if something like that is going on with you. Make sure Battery is ON, Generator is providing power to something like Microwave, press TEST on your Monitor Panel and see if Battery shows GOOD (should show Charging) and check again.

There's a Breaker on your Generator 30-Amp feeding entire coach through ATS. Also should be a 30A Main and 20A A/C Breaker in your Load Center. The one on the Generator's a little hard to find. Ours is on the side of the panel the Switch is in. But if you can run the Microwave, Generator and Main should be OK. Find the 20A A/C breaker and cycle all the way to Off then back ON.

You should be getting at least FAN on your A/C. If you've interrupted its power, the Compressor (Cooling part) will time out for a few minutes.

Have you called your Dealer or Jayco? I really think the problem is simple, some switch, breaker or setting out of place.