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brianseay1's avatar
brianseay1
Explorer
Oct 23, 2017

Loss of electricity

Just got home last night from a trip. Parked the rig everything was fine.Left the fridge running and water heater was on.Went out this morning and the wife took out the rear slide to get stuff out and brought the slide back in. I go to put the rig in the garage and to plug it in and now I have power to the Inverter panel but nothing else. No lights but the microwave does come on. I have checked the breakers and fuses everything looks good. I have tried to reset the battery disconnect but get nothing. Entry lights do not come on. Steps are working. Fridge will not come on. what do I need to be looking for ??? I checked the batteries and they are fully charged. I am lost, any help is appreciated.
  • donn0128's avatar
    donn0128
    Explorer II
    Oct 23, 2017
    Get out your volt meter and start checking. Probably a GFCI problem
  • wolfe10's avatar
    wolfe10
    Explorer
    Oct 23, 2017
    What is battery voltage (house battery). If too low, voltage can be too low to close the disconnect relay.
  • TakingThe5th's avatar
    TakingThe5th
    Explorer
    Oct 23, 2017
    donn0128 wrote:
    Get out your volt meter and start checking. Probably a GFCI problem

    X2. Start by resetting the GFCI. Might be an easy fix.
  • brianseay1's avatar
    brianseay1
    Explorer
    Oct 23, 2017
    Checked the GFCI outlets, both have the green lights on and power. The house batteries have 13.4 volts. I the have the green light on the AC in, Inverter and Float indicators on the inverter panel.
  • brianseay1's avatar
    brianseay1
    Explorer
    Oct 23, 2017
    TakingThe5th wrote:
    donn0128 wrote:
    Get out your volt meter and start checking. Probably a GFCI problem

    X2. Start by resetting the GFCI. Might be an easy fix.


    I only have two GFCI outlets that I know of, unless I am overlooking one. I have one in the bathroom and the other in the kitchen.
  • larry_cad's avatar
    larry_cad
    Explorer II
    Oct 23, 2017
    brianseay1 wrote:
    TakingThe5th wrote:
    donn0128 wrote:
    Get out your volt meter and start checking. Probably a GFCI problem

    X2. Start by resetting the GFCI. Might be an easy fix.


    I only have two GFCI outlets that I know of, unless I am overlooking one. I have one in the bathroom and the other in the kitchen.


    Quite frequently there is a GFCI located outside, perhaps in the basement.
  • brianseay1's avatar
    brianseay1
    Explorer
    Oct 23, 2017
    ok, I cannot find any other GFCI outlets.I have one regular outlet in my basement.I have looked at fuses and double checked my breakers. Inverter panel show i have power to it, but the coach control panel has nothing. Could the battery disconnect switch went bad all of a sudden? everything was fine last night.
  • STBRetired's avatar
    STBRetired
    Explorer
    Oct 23, 2017
    Sounds like the battery disconnect. Lights, fridge (if not residential type) all require 12V. Steps are frequently on the battery side of the disconnect. Try jumpering across the battery disconnect.
  • brianseay1's avatar
    brianseay1
    Explorer
    Oct 23, 2017
    STBRetired wrote:
    Sounds like the battery disconnect. Lights, fridge (if not residential type) all require 12V. Steps are frequently on the battery side of the disconnect. Try jumpering across the battery disconnect.


    Thats what I am thinking is that the switch has gone bad. For everything to just quit working overnite it has to be something simple ( I hope)
  • TakingThe5th's avatar
    TakingThe5th
    Explorer
    Oct 23, 2017
    Could be battery terminal connectors. Battery could have voltage but dirty connectors could fail under load. You said battery is good, measure again from the connectors.

    A dirty mainstream connector may have failed when your wife ran the high demand 12v slide. Interesting that the stairs still work - maybe they bypass the disconnect switch, which would possibly point to that switch. Might want to look that over.

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