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Lawdawg21
Explorer
Nov 30, 2015

Electric short

Hi all. I have a new to me 2013 sportscoach cross country dp. The drivers side of the coach has a short that only happens when I turn a tv on that is on that side. All outlet's cut out then back on. It does it repeatedly with no rhyme or rhythm. The passenger side or ac's don't do this. Any ideas?????
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  • bsinmich's avatar
    bsinmich
    Explorer
    Dec 01, 2015
    Technically a short would blow a fuse or circuit breaker because both sides of the wire are touching. You are experiencing a temporary open circuit
  • bullydogs1's avatar
    bullydogs1
    Explorer
    Dec 01, 2015
    Something is causing it...either the inverter or what's plugged into it..try a lamp in the same outlet...if nothing happens, I bet it is TV...try TV in a diff outlet..if the same, then the TV...if the lamp does it, it's a connection in the outlet chain or the inverter circuit in that chain.
  • MrWizard's avatar
    MrWizard
    Moderator
    Nov 30, 2015
    Bet the tv is on the inverter, the tv is bad it is causing the inverter to switch in and out
    unplug tv, test those outlets with anything else, lamp, drill, radio etc..
    If nothing else cause's the power to cut out, it's the tv
    If other things cause the same problem
    Then it's the inverter
  • tropical36's avatar
    tropical36
    Explorer
    Nov 30, 2015
    sjholt wrote:
    I had a problem similar to that and it turned out to be a screw in the TV came loose and shorted out the power supply in it causing the GFI breaker to trip.

    But you're not saying that after the GFI trips,...."All outlet's cut out then back on".....as the OP is saying?
  • sjholt's avatar
    sjholt
    Explorer
    Nov 30, 2015
    I had a problem similar to that and it turned out to be a screw in the TV came loose and shorted out the power supply in it causing the GFI breaker to trip.
  • tropical36's avatar
    tropical36
    Explorer
    Nov 30, 2015
    Lawdawg21 wrote:
    Hi all. I have a new to me 2013 sportscoach cross country dp. The drivers side of the coach has a short that only happens when I turn a tv on that is on that side. All outlet's cut out then back on. It does it repeatedly with no rhyme or rhythm. The passenger side or ac's don't do this. Any ideas?????

    Well, we know it's not a short, anyway.
    I'd probably turn every breaker off, except the affected circuit, then plug in a few small lamps down range from the breaker box and see which ones blink off and on if this be the case. This should allow you to pretty much isolate it to a given outlet.
  • Hank_MI's avatar
    Hank_MI
    Explorer
    Nov 30, 2015
    Could still be a loose connection at TV outlet or another outlet. Outlets are daisy chained, one to another. Loose connection at an upstream outlet can affect downstream outlets.
  • WyoTraveler's avatar
    WyoTraveler
    Explorer
    Nov 30, 2015
    Lawdawg21 wrote:
    It is on all sockets on the side, from front to rear bedroom....


    In a S&B or RV they normally run several outlets on one line. Loose wire on one will effect all in the line. Check all the outlets on that side.

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