Microwave and TV Power - Need help troubleshooting

Discovery8,

Maybe I missed it, but did you Reset the GFCI? Perhaps it tripped either due to water intrusion or someone accidentally pressed the "Test" button.

The first year we had our motorhome, we were in the rig watching the front TV. All of a sudden, the TV lost power. I was checking breakers, measuring voltages...then I realized our then 4 year old daughter was on the potty and she was intrigued by the red & black buttons on the GFCI outlet. Problem solved! LOL

Good Luck,

~Rick

MrWizard wrote:
you need someone with electrical experience to help you

from the sound of it you have lost the "pass-thru" of power, on the outlets fed by the inverter, there should be some push button circuit breakers mounted on the inverter/charger combo

example our previous RV a 95 Safari DP
TV, (1) kitchen outlet, bath outlet, (2) bedroom outlets, and kitchen ceiling fluorescent light, where on the inverter, this was the drivers side of the RV
every outlet on the curb side was shore or generator, not wired to the inverter

your batteries are charging from the inverter AKA No Solar ?
then the inverter has power input, but no power output, no pass thru

Thank you for taking the time to respond. This makes sense.

Yes,the batteries are charging from the inverter.

Some outlets work. The GfCI outlet, microwave, fridge and TV's have no power.

Lack of power on one leg of the shore power supply.

Do you have any sort of meter?

Discovery8 wrote:
What would cause the GFCI outlet be completely out?

you need someone with electrical experience to help you

from the sound of it you have lost the "pass-thru" of power, on the outlets fed by the inverter, there should be some push button circuit breakers mounted on the inverter/charger combo

example our previous RV a 95 Safari DP
TV, (1) kitchen outlet, bath outlet, (2) bedroom outlets, and kitchen ceiling fluorescent light, where on the inverter, this was the drivers side of the RV
every outlet on the curb side was shore or generator, not wired to the inverter

your batteries are charging from the inverter AKA No Solar ?
then the inverter has power input, but no power output, no pass thru

CA Traveler wrote:

Discovery8 wrote:
What would cause the GFCI outlet be completely out?

No input power.

Do you know what would cause no input power?

Running the fridge on propane requires some power.

Discovery8 wrote:
What would cause the GFCI outlet be completely out?

No input power.

CB = Circuit Breaker

What would cause the GFCI outlet be completely out?

CA Traveler wrote:

Discovery8 wrote:
We have noticed the interior lights in the MH have been dim for the last couple of weeks.

Could it be the inverter went bad?

Yes. If you have a pass through inverter then it could also be it's input CB as well as the related panel CB.

Recommend you get the batteries charged while finding the problem.

Always helpful to post what you have like: mfg model xxx charger/inverter yyy watts etc.

Does CB mean Control Board?