DC power issue after installing inverter
Hi everyone, first post here. This question is in regards to an early 2000s Gulf Stream Seahawk 5th wheel RV. I've never owned an RV myself, but I've lived in trailer that I gutted and customize...
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RESOLVED!
Thanks to everyone that contributed. It looks like CA Traveler was our overall winner, but everyone's comments were helpful in getting to the end.
So... what I assumed to just be a kind of "mount point" for splitting the current off to other devices near the battery, was ACTUALLY a set of 3 DC circuit breakers.
After spending a couple of hours tracing and testing, pulling out the main panel and checking behind the power converter (and ultimately finding nothing) I went back to the storage area where the battery is housed and tested each of those points (link to a photo below) and discovered that one of those points was not passing current.
I humorously assumed that they must instead contain fuses, so I then spent 25 minutes turning those nuts off in tight quarters with needlenose pliers and removing the whole unit, only to then bump the little reset button and discover that it's actually a CB. LOL.
Link to the photo here.
Thanks again everybody. Just wanted to let you know of the resolution.
-Benjamin
Thanks to everyone that contributed. It looks like CA Traveler was our overall winner, but everyone's comments were helpful in getting to the end.
So... what I assumed to just be a kind of "mount point" for splitting the current off to other devices near the battery, was ACTUALLY a set of 3 DC circuit breakers.
After spending a couple of hours tracing and testing, pulling out the main panel and checking behind the power converter (and ultimately finding nothing) I went back to the storage area where the battery is housed and tested each of those points (link to a photo below) and discovered that one of those points was not passing current.
I humorously assumed that they must instead contain fuses, so I then spent 25 minutes turning those nuts off in tight quarters with needlenose pliers and removing the whole unit, only to then bump the little reset button and discover that it's actually a CB. LOL.
Link to the photo here.
Thanks again everybody. Just wanted to let you know of the resolution.
-Benjamin
