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gillman
Mar 13, 2017Explorer
Ok, need some more advice...
I got the 5th Wheel out this weekend - plugged it in and hooked up to water (& purged the air from the lines / tank).
I turned on the Electric portion of the water heater as I needed to leave for a few hours. I fully expected cold water when I returned but low-and-behold, we had HOT water upon return. So the good news is that it is not the Heating Element (which looked like a pain to replace) but now it appears I have an intermittent issue which can be worse as I don't know when it will happen again.
I am wondering if I have a breaker /Fuse panel issue because I also have an intermittent issue with the lights in my cargo area under the 5th Wheel (bedroom). Sometimes, the 12v lights work and sometimes they don't. The last time we were out camping I could mess with the 12v fuse for that area and they would start working again but it was never blown. (just the red LED on looking like it had an issue). I would pull it and reset it and it would work (red LED off again).
Maybe I need to pull the entire panel and see if there is an obvious issue ???
Any thoughts? Thanks again in advance for your advice!
I got the 5th Wheel out this weekend - plugged it in and hooked up to water (& purged the air from the lines / tank).
I turned on the Electric portion of the water heater as I needed to leave for a few hours. I fully expected cold water when I returned but low-and-behold, we had HOT water upon return. So the good news is that it is not the Heating Element (which looked like a pain to replace) but now it appears I have an intermittent issue which can be worse as I don't know when it will happen again.
I am wondering if I have a breaker /Fuse panel issue because I also have an intermittent issue with the lights in my cargo area under the 5th Wheel (bedroom). Sometimes, the 12v lights work and sometimes they don't. The last time we were out camping I could mess with the 12v fuse for that area and they would start working again but it was never blown. (just the red LED on looking like it had an issue). I would pull it and reset it and it would work (red LED off again).
Maybe I need to pull the entire panel and see if there is an obvious issue ???
Any thoughts? Thanks again in advance for your advice!
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