Electrical disaster - near miss
08 Keystone Montana 3400
We were definitely lucky, and I think our Progressive Industries EMS-PT30X prevented worse damage. Here's the chain of events, although I'm not completely sure what caused what
1. Vacuum valve for black tank flush busted (keystone put this one in the pocket door about 6ft high) and water cascadsd onto and in the converter (that Keystone mounts unter the stairs). I thought is was ok and dried it out but left it plugged in.
2. next day, everything worked in the am. Came home in afternoon and no power to trailer. Check EMS unit and it was flashing normal codes except a PE code (I think it was for high voltage). Also noticed slight burning odor
Microwave outlet not working either.
Bypassed EMS unit (dumb move in hindsight) and power restored.
Noticed water in EMS unit, drained it, plugged in back in and would not work.
Replaced dead converter and Progressive Industries is sending a replacement unit. BTW, PI said that may be the reason for the EMS failure. Everything back to normal finally but no microwave outlet.
Troubleshooting that and we find the fried connection under the trailer, before the wiring enters the slide-out.
Questions - where do i source a replacement connector? Opinions on what caused what? Possible that wet, fried converter knocked out the microwave line and that killed the EMS?
We were definitely lucky, and I think our Progressive Industries EMS-PT30X prevented worse damage. Here's the chain of events, although I'm not completely sure what caused what
1. Vacuum valve for black tank flush busted (keystone put this one in the pocket door about 6ft high) and water cascadsd onto and in the converter (that Keystone mounts unter the stairs). I thought is was ok and dried it out but left it plugged in.
2. next day, everything worked in the am. Came home in afternoon and no power to trailer. Check EMS unit and it was flashing normal codes except a PE code (I think it was for high voltage). Also noticed slight burning odor
Microwave outlet not working either.
Bypassed EMS unit (dumb move in hindsight) and power restored.
Noticed water in EMS unit, drained it, plugged in back in and would not work.
Replaced dead converter and Progressive Industries is sending a replacement unit. BTW, PI said that may be the reason for the EMS failure. Everything back to normal finally but no microwave outlet.
Troubleshooting that and we find the fried connection under the trailer, before the wiring enters the slide-out.
Questions - where do i source a replacement connector? Opinions on what caused what? Possible that wet, fried converter knocked out the microwave line and that killed the EMS?
