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carjockie's avatar
carjockie
Explorer
Nov 10, 2017

Lost power to 3 outlets

i lost power to 3 electrical outlet, check the ground fault but that didn't power the outlets. Check the circuit breakers and they are on on, any other suggestion would be appreciated. Right now I have a double male supplying power to the three outlets. Is it possible I've have a broken wire?



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  • donn0128's avatar
    donn0128
    Explorer II
    Nov 10, 2017
    RV manufacturers use the absolute cheapest push on wire outlets. They also daisy chain the wiring. So to fix you need to go to each outlet, remove it from the wall and look. My guess you will find a wire off.
  • newman_fulltime's avatar
    newman_fulltime
    Explorer II
    Nov 10, 2017
    bad plug or a bad wire connection under or in the slide depends on how they connected the wires
  • Fred_Sheri's avatar
    Fred_Sheri
    Explorer
    Nov 10, 2017
    It could be the outlets on inverred power, so isolation switch or battery
  • downtheroad's avatar
    downtheroad
    Explorer
    Nov 10, 2017
    Had that happen to me also...no power to a couple of outlets...
    Discovered that the wires had been severed when they got tangled and then pinched by the slide mechanism.

    Spliced the wires back together....then some electrical tape and shrink tubing.
  • Joe_Way's avatar
    Joe_Way
    Explorer
    Nov 10, 2017
    When this happened to my BIL's trailer it was a tripped GFCI for the refrigerator. Went to the outside access hatch and reset the GFCI.
  • ScottG's avatar
    ScottG
    Nomad
    Nov 10, 2017
    time2roll wrote:
    Cut the deadman cord in half and throw it away.



    X2!
    This is not the way to do things.
  • beemerphile1's avatar
    beemerphile1
    Explorer
    Nov 10, 2017
    ScottG wrote:
    time2roll wrote:
    Cut the deadman cord in half and throw it away.



    X2!
    This is not the way to do things.


    Please, please, please, get rid of that suicide cord before you kill yourself or someone else.

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