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1L243
Apr 28, 2017Explorer II
dougrainer wrote:1L243 wrote:
I measured voltage coming back through the ground from the dinette light in the slde out. I dont think that is normal. My experience has been that power going to ground usually blows a fuse or melts a wire. But in this case nothing seems to be affected by it.
I have 38 years working on RV's and a LACK or LOOSE ground will not cause a fuse to blow or melt. There is no path for current. Doug
I agree with that statement but in my case to track down the problem, I found two issues. A broken ground bolt on the frame of the trailer which fixed the pulsating light issue when on water pump power only
AND
10.8 volts of power coming from the dinette light into the GROUNDING block bolted to the floor behind the converter.
In my experience power transferring over to the ground side can blow a fuse but it's not. In fact I can't find it doing anything at this point because everything is working.
If I had access to the wiring of the dinette light I am sure I would find the issue that's causing the power to ground but I have no access.
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