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ugeesta
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May 21, 2015

Converter\Power Center Concern\Question

Last night I went to the trailer to turn on the fridge for this weekends trip. I connected the battery (12v new this year) and went inside to turn on the fridge and quickly found out there was no power in the trailer. Nothing worked.

So I went back and check the connections and fuses in the battery box and everything was good. Then I went to the breaker panel and flipped the breakers but nothing happened.

A few minutes later the power came on in the trailer. It flickered a bit but eventually stayed on solid.

After getting the fridge running, I ran the water pump and a couple lights and the power stayed on; good.

I haven't checked the trailer yet this morning, but could my converter be going bad? If the converter (or power center is starting to go bad, will it make it through the weekend? We have a generator for waking hours use but the CG we are staying at has quiet hours after 11:00 and it's supposed to get cold at night.

I'll be bringing extra blankets but momma won't be happy if we don't have heat at night.

Thanks.
  • Im betting the battery was dead, and it took the converter a few minutes to bring it up to a usable voltage. The rig was plugged in to 120v AC right?
  • The 120v power worked fine the other week when the trailer was dewinterized.

    The issue last night was with 12v power. As noted, the 12v power did not work at first but slowly came on. Never had the 12v power come on like that before.
  • Two separate issues here.
    You have a 12V system that operates certain devices like lights, fans, water pump, fridge in propane mode. If none of that is operating, regardless of shore power connection, you have a battery problem or connection/circuit breaker/fuse issue.
    If no 120V is present when connected to 120V service and you don't have an EMS with delay, you probably have a failing shore power cord or bad connection to source of 120V.

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