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klutchdust
Explorer II
Apr 10, 2018

No 120 volt on passenger side outlets

Plugged into an outlet in bedroom and no 120, plugged into outlet in kitchen no 120. Plugged into opposite side of coach and it's fine. Reset the breakers and nothing. I plugged directly into inverter and my coffee beans were grinding just fine.

Ill take my multimeter and start checking but maybe someone has run across this before.
  • Is this RV new to you ?

    Maybe the inverter doesn't feed all of the outlets ?
  • We ran into this, had it checked and learned that one side reads a little less. That's why phones charge slowly and lights are dim, but appliances plugged in don't work. They blamed poor construction, like maybe a staple somewhere in the wiring. Makes sense, and now I'm done putting money into it.
  • If your running on shore power then it's likely a tripped GCFI as stated, if your running on inverter only it could be that not all of your outlets are active when on inverter, only a select few....
  • ScottG wrote:
    GFCI may be tripped someplace.



    Yup, and the one outlet with the GFI that I have overlooked before. It is on the left side as you enter the coach next to the porch light switch .

    On another note, the same morning after I realized there was no power to the outlets I plugged in my phone to the 12volt service port next to the dinette. I heard the inverter or power supply click so I turned to look, when I looked back at the 12 volt port there was rancid pink/brown smoke pouring from the plug, I grabbed it and pulled it out of the socket. The small end fell and burned my dinette seat. The stench of burnt wire is nasty. I plugged another unit into the service port and it works fine. So much for safety fuses. Had I not been there no telling how far it would have gone.

    The culprit.