Brother in Law knows everything, now we have a problem
My husband and I stayed on his brothers 40 acre ranch this summer to get out of the Arizona heat. We live full time in a 2007 Bighorn 5th wheel.
From doing research on the web, I've always known RV power is a different than regular house power, but I don't quite have the language to describe the difference.
When we arrived in Minnesota and our BIL proceeded to get the wiring ready for us, I pleased with him to please be careful, I know RV power is a little different, it's more sensitive, etc.
He didn't listen, he's a contractor after all, and how hard could this be to hook up a little ole RV when you hook up entire houses?
He hooked us up and we immediately blew the following four things:
-Fireplace no longer works
-Microwave blew out
-In floor vacuum cleaner system no longer works
-Fridge will only work on propane now, whereas it would switch back and forth between the electric and propane before this.
We live in Arizona most of the year, so I can live with the Fireplace. We bought a new microwave for $99 at Lowe's, so all good there. I hated the in ground vacuum cleaner thingy, so no worries there.
The fridge only working on propane really bothers me though.
I estimate we spend an extra $40 a month on propane due to not being able to run the fridge on electric. That's almost $500 a year. If we stay in the RV 5 years, that's $2,500.
Everything else works just fine.
Outlets, etc, all work throughout the RV.
My husband is a master mechanic so he's very handy but he doesn't know/understand about electrical in an rv either.
I'm wondering if someone can point us in the right direction to help us troubleshoot this?
We are on our way back to Arizona and I'd like to get this fixed once and for all. (and send my BIL the bill) ;)
If I had to guess, some sort of master motherboard thingy burned out when he overshot the power. (see what I mean by I don't have the language for this?)
Really appreciate any/all help.
Susan & Dave,
Currently in Nebraska, headed to Arizona
From doing research on the web, I've always known RV power is a different than regular house power, but I don't quite have the language to describe the difference.
When we arrived in Minnesota and our BIL proceeded to get the wiring ready for us, I pleased with him to please be careful, I know RV power is a little different, it's more sensitive, etc.
He didn't listen, he's a contractor after all, and how hard could this be to hook up a little ole RV when you hook up entire houses?
He hooked us up and we immediately blew the following four things:
-Fireplace no longer works
-Microwave blew out
-In floor vacuum cleaner system no longer works
-Fridge will only work on propane now, whereas it would switch back and forth between the electric and propane before this.
We live in Arizona most of the year, so I can live with the Fireplace. We bought a new microwave for $99 at Lowe's, so all good there. I hated the in ground vacuum cleaner thingy, so no worries there.
The fridge only working on propane really bothers me though.
I estimate we spend an extra $40 a month on propane due to not being able to run the fridge on electric. That's almost $500 a year. If we stay in the RV 5 years, that's $2,500.
Everything else works just fine.
Outlets, etc, all work throughout the RV.
My husband is a master mechanic so he's very handy but he doesn't know/understand about electrical in an rv either.
I'm wondering if someone can point us in the right direction to help us troubleshoot this?
We are on our way back to Arizona and I'd like to get this fixed once and for all. (and send my BIL the bill) ;)
If I had to guess, some sort of master motherboard thingy burned out when he overshot the power. (see what I mean by I don't have the language for this?)
Really appreciate any/all help.
Susan & Dave,
Currently in Nebraska, headed to Arizona
