I dismounted the camper from the truck at the end of Spring and lowered it onto my storage jacks for the summer. We had a round of friends visiting, 7 in all, so Jeanie and I slept in the camper a few nights when every bed was taken in the house.I usually keep a minder on the battery but this time I put a 2amp tapering charger on the battery. The battery showed 12.8 v. To the question: Does the TC to truck pigtail need to be plugged in to make the TC systems work?I've never stayed in the camper, off-truck, so have no experience.The problem is I have no circuits. No juice is getting to the panel. I plugged in the 30amp plug into house current: Nothing. No electrical appliances work inside or outside the camper. I checked the 2 breakers on the panel: all in on position. I checked each individual fuse: all good. I usually hear a hum when I plug in the AC 30amp umbilical. No hum. I suspect it's the Magnatek 6325 that came with the Lance in 1998. I"ve never had a problem with it, and we have minimal electrical needs on board, but i read that they are a cheap item prone to overheating.I did a search and found there are some amazing electrical geniuses on the TC forum. I am not one of them. If you are one of them, I could use a little help here.regards, as always, jefe

you said you plugged the 30 amp into the house and nothing. Do you have any 120v things in the camper to try? AC, Microwave? do they work when plugged into AC? if not, I would see why your not getting AC first, since your magnatron runs off AC 120v.

Pro,Thanks for your reply.Yes, I have a small night light permanently plugged into 120v AC in the camper to show if we actually have an AC circuit. No circuit. No night light lit. No electrical anything works, AC or DC. I thought the 12v. lights in the camper would work through the battery circuit whether it is on the truck or not: plugged in or not.jefe

You are not getting AC power to the camper.Start with checking breakers and plugging control light into extension cord.

Any power to the fuses, and have you checked the fuses themselves?Wayne

Jefe:Is this--> the model you have?I had our American Industries 30A power converter (basically, the same as Magnatek) fail about 6 years ago. After testing the 'box", I called American (their parts rep.), and they, even before me mentioning that their PC board was shot, suggested I just buy the replacement PC board/controler. I orderd it, and had the replacement in my mail box in 48 hours. Installed the board myself (with soldering gun), and everything was fine 6 years later, and still 100%. Cost me $90 delivered.If your Magnatek guts (the PC board) proved to have failed, you may be able to order just the board; and easy install.If you want to spend the big bucks, you can rip out the Magnatek (or, get an internal conversion guts kit) and retrofit a much better multi-stage 40 or 50 amp charger/converter...Good luck.

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silversand
Explorer
Jun 23, 2015
The Maganatek 6300 series PDF service manual, with the detailed step-by-step testing procedure (from page 6 onward) with photos: here-->

Whoops, on edit, Ticki2 already provided the link (but fast-track to page 6).

I agree with the above: test your GFI by resetting it (at the house end, and in the camper)...
Tamnative
Explorer
Jun 23, 2015
Is the house plug that you are using a GFI plug? Most exterior plugs are or should be. If so check to see if it has tripped. Also check to see if you have a GFI in the camper.
ticki2
Explorer
Jun 23, 2015
It sounds like you are not getting any power to the camper through the chord . When plugged in check if there is power to the breakers . The mystery is you should still have 12v in the camper even without the converter . It appears that the 6325 does not have a charger built in . This may help in checking some things .

http://www.hayseed.net/~jpk5lad/RV%20Information/MagnaTek%20Pwr%20Converter/RV%20Binder1.pdf
silversand
Explorer
Jun 23, 2015
Jefe:

Is this--> the model you have?

I had our American Industries 30A power converter (basically, the same as Magnatek) fail about 6 years ago. After testing the 'box", I called American (their parts rep.), and they, even before me mentioning that their PC board was shot, suggested I just buy the replacement PC board/controler. I orderd it, and had the replacement in my mail box in 48 hours. Installed the board myself (with soldering gun), and everything was fine 6 years later, and still 100%. Cost me $90 delivered.

If your Magnatek guts (the PC board) proved to have failed, you may be able to order just the board; and easy install.

If you want to spend the big bucks, you can rip out the Magnatek (or, get an internal conversion guts kit) and retrofit a much better multi-stage 40 or 50 amp charger/converter...

Good luck.
Reddog1
Explorer II
Jun 23, 2015
Any power to the fuses, and have you checked the fuses themselves?

Wayne
Kayteg1
Explorer II
Jun 23, 2015
You are not getting AC power to the camper.
Start with checking breakers and plugging control light into extension cord.
jefe_4x4
Explorer
Jun 23, 2015
Pro,
Thanks for your reply.
Yes, I have a small night light permanently plugged into 120v AC in the camper to show if we actually have an AC circuit. No circuit. No night light lit. No electrical anything works, AC or DC. I thought the 12v. lights in the camper would work through the battery circuit whether it is on the truck or not: plugged in or not.
jefe
towpro
Explorer
Jun 23, 2015
you said you plugged the 30 amp into the house and nothing. Do you have any 120v things in the camper to try? AC, Microwave? do they work when plugged into AC? if not, I would see why your not getting AC first, since your magnatron runs off AC 120v.

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