Lost power in part of 5th wheel
2002 Keystone Challenger 29TIB Fifth wheel Last night, I plugged in a space heater in the 'upstairs' area of my 5th wheel. I also had a small heater plugged in downstairs in the living room area. The...
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It is possible to be a GFCI but maybe not if it happened due to two heaters plugged in on the same circuit. Sometimes there is a GFCI hidden somewhere that you didn't know about. Two heaters won't work on the same circuit unless set/adjusted for max. 1500 watts total and no power is likely due to overload. You could try each heater at home on a GFCI and see if it trips, then you'll know if it's a faulty heater or not.
I'd check the connection at the breaker first. Is there maybe a splice behind the panel. Shut the breaker off and see if any more recepts. go dead. If yes, then there is a bad connection at one of them. Knowing how poorly RV recepts. can be installed, I'd pull each dead recept. one at a time, pull the back cover off and check for proper connections. There is a special tool for pushing the wires onto the IDC terminals but sometimes maybe they don't use one and push the wires on with pliers or screwdriver and do a bad job of it.
Maybe a bad splice in a junction box if there is one in the circuit?
I'd check the connection at the breaker first. Is there maybe a splice behind the panel. Shut the breaker off and see if any more recepts. go dead. If yes, then there is a bad connection at one of them. Knowing how poorly RV recepts. can be installed, I'd pull each dead recept. one at a time, pull the back cover off and check for proper connections. There is a special tool for pushing the wires onto the IDC terminals but sometimes maybe they don't use one and push the wires on with pliers or screwdriver and do a bad job of it.
Maybe a bad splice in a junction box if there is one in the circuit?
