What in the world is this thing

treeDodgingCamper wrote:

What's ironic about the whole "safety functionality" of this is that the owner would simply have had to unplug the TV from that white cord and plugged directly into the outlet to bypass the ignition relay.

Yeah, but some people aren't that smart.

treeDodgingCamper wrote:
I am stumped by this one thing we have on our 1996 National Dolphin.

The cabinet above the passenger has always had this white cord which is plugged in. I never could figure out what it was for or where it went until recently doing some remodeling.

Which only added more questions, because this cord runs to an Omron 120VAC to 12VDC relay under the dashboard. From there I cannot quite tell where the DC wires go to... possibly the cig lighter, possibly something else...

Does anyone know what this thing is for? I've searched high and low and cannot find anything on this.

That is the thingamabob that controls the bobamathing.

wa8yxm wrote:

wa8yxm wrote:
THe outlet has power unless you start the motor home.

Another possible use for such a relay... If it is dpdt or 3pdt is to transfer between MAINS power and INVERTER if you have one.

I knew I didn't have an inverter (but after finding that relay I admit I was hopeful maybe there was a "hidden" one haha), so that was one of my first thoughts.

That being said, I have a "charger/converter" to the left of my entry door in the bay and then I have an inverter that I added myself to the right in the bay. My current problems with this setup are 1) I have to manually plug into the inverter 2) It's not a true sine so it buzzes all my electronics 3) I have 2 12v house batteries that don't last very long on it

That will have to be a project for another time however, right now I'm tackling a number of other things, including fabricating my own jack controller instead of paying $750 for a new one (I should make a video for this actually)

Ok, so here's what was catching me up, it's not the outlet that doesn't have power, it's only that white extension cord and the extension outlet on it that powers down when the ignition goes on.

So long story short Corkey05 was originally correct and I'll probably just delete this entire cord as I'll have no use for it.

What's ironic about the whole "safety functionality" of this is that the owner would simply have had to unplug the TV from that white cord and plugged directly into the outlet to bypass the ignition relay.

Just glad I have it all sorted and know what this is now, thanks for the help everyone!

wa8yxm wrote:
THe outlet has power unless you start the motor home.

Another possible use for such a relay... If it is dpdt or 3pdt is to transfer between MAINS power and INVERTER if you have one.

THe outlet has power unless you start the motor home.

"that seems have also have a cigarette lighter in it."

Care for a smoke?

Gotcha, thanks for the help

If you plug the outlet into a duplex it becomes switched by the 12v relay (ignition) ... plug the TV into this white outlet and the TV won't receive power if the ignition is ON or in RUN. Turn off the ignition and the outlet again receives power & the TV will work.

The whole idea is to prevent the TV from working while driving.

I just went out and looked again, and that switch controls an old tv antenna thing that seems have also have a cigarette lighter in it.