HELP! Electric not working in Zinger and its getting dark...

RoyB wrote:
Glad you are back up but the 12VDC fuse are on the 12V side of things... Should not have bothered anything on the 120VAC side of your power distribution panel...

Fuses just don't blow for no reason too haha...

Roy Ken

40 AMP fuse is most likely the reverse polarity fuse. In our Hybrid Travel Trailer, we had a blown reverse polarity 40 amp fuse once while out camping. With that fuse blown, the converter/charger would not charge the battery.

With that camper, any time we removed & replaced the battery, the 40 amp fuse would blow. We never reversed polarity, but it would blow every time. Eventually we removed the fuse before removing the battery. That saved us from buying 40 amp fuses.

-Michael

(first experience in a Kamp King Koach cab-over camper) The year 1964

(conversation)

"How long ya think that block of ice is gonna last in the ice-box?"
"Dunno"

"Hey fellas! I think I found a plug-in!"
"Where?"
"Way over there"
Let's move closer"

Rearrange for the 300' move

"Now the Plug-in's will work"
"But we have to be careful with the lights or the truck won't start"

"Don't we got some light bulbs?"
"Yeah! I gotta drop light!"
"Great! It has it's own plug in"

"How we gonna run it inside without letting the mosquitoes in through the door"
"Dunno. But we got light to cook dinner (Campbells Pork N Beans)"

"Pour some Oly in with the beans!"

"Hey Bill! Switch off the drop light will-ya?"

MY HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED

Glad you are back up but the 12VDC fuse are on the 12V side of things... Should not have bothered anything on the 120VAC side of your power distribution panel...

Fuses just don't blow for no reason too haha...

Perhaps when you plugged into the 120VAC your battery overloaded the on-board converter/charger unit with the high DC current initial charge demand... Those two high rated FUSEs probably labeled REVERSE POLARITY are on the 12VDC distribution side between the converter DC OUTPUT and battery terminals...

Lets hope all is ok... good idea to check your battery fluids first thing in the morning.

Roy Ken

eastcoastfirefly wrote:
Thank you! It was a blown 40 fuse! Doh! Thank you Thank you! You guys rock!

Glad you or it fixed quick and cheap. You're more techy than you thought. :)

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Thank you! It was a blown 40 fuse! Doh! Thank you Thank you! You guys rock!

Sounds like the campground pedestal may be OFF LINE. It also has a 30A Breaker you may want to check... When you check breakers it is sometimes best to turn them off then turn them back on. Sometimes it is hard to see they have tripped.

If the 20A service is still working on the pedestal use an extension cord and a light run into the trailer to give you some light until daybreak...

Your trailer ceiling lights run off your battery so you may have to turn off a few things in the trailer to be able to last the night... The furnace blower will eat up battery real real quick...

Good campers always have good PLAn Bs... We work hard at our PLAN Bs just for occasions like this...

Flashlights and candles perhaps...
Roy Ken

Did you try resetting the main breaker? Don't just look at it, turn it off and back on.

Are you sure the power source you are plugging into is good?