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Profcadd
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May 14, 2016

120 Volt receptacles in Motorhome

Hello friends. Here we are my wife and I, on our first spring getaway since our winter trip in Florida. Several of the 110/120 volt receptacles are dead. Including the electric water heater. Other receptacles are ok. The circuit breakers have not tripped. I switched them off and on again. No luck. In my 36 years of RV'ing I have never experienced this type of problem. I am stunned? Hope there is an electrician reading this with some advice.
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  • Check the push to reset breakers on your inverter. One is probably tripped and will cause the problem you are having.
  • Water heater and receptacles should be on different circuits. Check for GFCI trip, both inside and outside. Water heater may have a switch inside and one outside in compartment.

    If water heater was powered on with no water in tank, the element will be toast.
  • If it's a 50A rig then one of the two legs could be dead. Could be anything from the plug to the CB panel. Get it checked.
  • in the bathroom and sometimes other areas where there is water you have plugin's with reset buttons on them. make sure all these are tested/reset.

    There should also be breakers in a box, probably close or with your converter. Turn all of them off then back on. maybe one has tripped but it still looks to be on.
  • Using a volt meter starting closest to the breakers chevk voltage at each outlet until you find the first dead one. Open it up and look. Likely you will find a loose or disconneted wire