Power converter issue new to me RV
Hi! I’ve never owned an RV before and we purchased an old 2003 coachmen cascade for pretty cheap. One thing that didn’t work on it when we purchased was any of the 12 volt lighting except for the one ...
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"So any idea what’s going on? The converter won’t even start up although there is a green light to tell me it’s on. This is probably a stupid question but why would the 120 volt stop working now? If all I did was cut off connections that went to the old power converter only? And another stupid question is do the wires you connect come out of the new converter or am I supposed to be using the old wires"
Seems like you got a PowerMax LK deck mount with LED. You took the 120v black and white wires from the old converter connection/breaker, and attached a receptacle to plug in the deck mount which has a plug-in cord for its 120v input. The green light comes on when you plug that in. And the DC output will now be live.
The deck mount has set-screw output terminals, no wires. You need a white wire and a red wire at least #8AWG to go from the converter to the fuse panel lugs.
If there is no 120v anymore, you could have popped the Main breaker or the converter breaker or the one outside where the shore power cord is plugged into.
https://powermaxconverters.com/product/pm3-12v-series/
Seems like you got a PowerMax LK deck mount with LED. You took the 120v black and white wires from the old converter connection/breaker, and attached a receptacle to plug in the deck mount which has a plug-in cord for its 120v input. The green light comes on when you plug that in. And the DC output will now be live.
The deck mount has set-screw output terminals, no wires. You need a white wire and a red wire at least #8AWG to go from the converter to the fuse panel lugs.
If there is no 120v anymore, you could have popped the Main breaker or the converter breaker or the one outside where the shore power cord is plugged into.
https://powermaxconverters.com/product/pm3-12v-series/
