exterior outlet is dead, UPDATED PROBLEM FOUND

[dspencer]

First of all my knowledge of electricity is very little. :h The DW and i just bought a new left over 2013 Gray Wolf 26BH about 6 weeks ago. Sunday i was working around the trailer getting ready to go on our firt outting with it next weekend. I went to plug something into the outside power outlet and it's dead. I checked all the fuses and breakers and everything is okay. Also i might add that all the other outlets work in the camper except this one exterior outlet right beside the front door. Anything i might have missed would be appreciated.

[down_home]

Usually they put GFIs near areas with water, like the bathroom and kitchen and exterior. One per circuit inside. If you have two circuits, two GFIs.
Can't find it, with power off, unscrew the non working plug in and see if it's burnt or what. I venture that all the outside, outlets are or were GFIs.
If it is in a bay maybe not. There are no GFIs in our bays. We don't have any outlet in the wet bay though.

[RTompkins3]

I don't know how other companies are, but I was able to get the actual working drawings for my 5th wheel from the old (2006 era) Holiday Rambler company. The guy I was talking to just emailed them to me. Plumbing, wiring, even a full dimensional diagram.

[wa8yxm]

Most (I suspect most anyway) RV's have a single GFCI in the bathroom... I have one there, it protects outlets in the other bathroom, kitchen, dining table and patio.

Some companies however have a contest going called "Hide the GFCI(s) they put 'em in the most illogical places they can think of, completly hidden and they put in 2 or 3 just to make life interesting.

Glad you found your hidden one.

[rrupert]

bikendan wrote:

rrupert wrote:
Do RV's not have manuals with wiring diagrams. Those are quite helpful when tracking down problems such as this.

NO, generally they don't. most RV manufacturers only provide a generic owner's manual that's not even RV-type specific, let alone model-specific.

That's too bad that they don't furnish wiring diagrams. My HiLo has both 12 volt and 110 volt diagrams that have come in handy from time to time. If it was me, I would request a copy from the manufacturer. As an owner you should be entitled to it. You may need it sometime, especially if you are far away from any RV facility.

[bikendan]

rrupert wrote:
Do RV's not have manuals with wiring diagrams. Those are quite helpful when tracking down problems such as this.

NO, generally they don't. most RV manufacturers only provide a generic owner's manual that's not even RV-type specific, let alone model-specific.

[Dog_Folks]

Thanks for the update.

Many can learn from your experience.

[Trackrig]

And thank you for posting your results.

Bill

[dspencer]

Thank You all for your advice, it was a tripped GFI in the storage area. I had checked all the GFI's in the inside but never even thought about one in the storage area. Thank You all again.

[bobm253]

I had the same problem with my outside outlet. The problem was a tripped GFI that was located in the bathroom.

[Dave_H_M]

ds, I would just ding a ling the place you bought it from and say what the hey?

[mikeh449]

by law any where there is water it must be gfci outlet

[rrupert]

Do RV's not have manuals with wiring diagrams. Those are quite helpful when tracking down problems such as this.

[gbopp]

When you find the problem, please let us know.
Hopefully is it just a tripped GFCI.

[Grumpy374]

I'm going to ask the obvious....is the unit plugged into shore power?
Grumpy
Oops--mis read that your other outlets are working.