lightening strike?
Ever since we had a bad lightening strike in our yard last week, I've found several outlets in the mh dead. There are a few working, checked the circuit breakers and they are fine, now what?
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- X3 on GFI plug. If a few plugs are not working it is usually a GFI plug in the circuit. Remove and replace the GFI plug and the other plugs should work once more.
Safe travels.
JD - If it was a lightening strike, you can weigh it and see how much lighter it is!! LOL. If it was lightning then you can get a Fluke Meter and check resistance through circuits.
- Check your GFI device in the trailer It can sometimes run multiple outlets
cochise49 wrote:
If you use a surge suppressor (I do) and the RV itself experiences a lightning strike, wouldn't you still have problems?
Depends on how close and how the lightening entered the coach.
No surge suppressor will protect against a direct lightening strike. WAY, WAY too many joules of energy.
Agree, places to start are GFI's (usually more than one), all breakers (including on the inverter), etc.
Then see what is not working.- If you use a surge suppressor (I do) and the RV itself experiences a lightning strike, wouldn't you still have problems?
- Electrical issues are a pain to hunt down after a lightning strike. Did you have a surge protector hooked up?
- Maybe they are on a GFCI.
Mandalay Parr wrote:
Also check the breakers on your inverter itself. It also feeds some outlets.
Good point, if its a newer coach with inverters it sure could be an inverter issue.
OP, what kind of coach is this?- Also check the breakers on your inverter itself. It also feeds some outlets.
- 50amp or 30amp service into MH? I ask because 50amp uses two separate 120 volt "legs" of service, you could have lost one of them, I would start checking at the socket the MH is plugged into, and work your way up from there.
