allkidd
Oct 25, 2013Explorer
Power converter gone bad?
This is my first experience at camping as awhile back we purchased a 2002 Aero Hybrid camper. There are times we desire to camp without power hookups so I purchased a 2400 watt generator. In my backyard, I plugged the camper into the generator just to make sure everything worked, which it did until I tried the A/C. Didn't really think the a/c would work with the generator but I didn't think there would be any harm in trying. Anyway, when I plugged it in everything shut down and we thought that we smelled a burning sensation. After disconnecting the generator and plugging RV back into power, everything seemed to work.
This past weekend we were camping with full hookups so we did not use the generator. Our first evening all the lights went out and the furnace blower quit working. My understanding is that all of those things work off DC? The AC items, electrical outlets etc, continued to work.
A friendly camping neighbor took a look and thought that our power converter is bad. Is that what sounds like the issue here? All of the fuses are fine. He also thought one of our buses?(a black box with a switch) is also bad. Does it sound like I should go ahead and replace the power converter and that one bus?
The power converter is a Centurion 3000, Model CS4500. From a little research online it appears that they are out of business or no longer manufacture those converters. Any recommended alternatives?
Any help would really be appreciated as I would prefer to not have to take the camper into a service center.
This past weekend we were camping with full hookups so we did not use the generator. Our first evening all the lights went out and the furnace blower quit working. My understanding is that all of those things work off DC? The AC items, electrical outlets etc, continued to work.
A friendly camping neighbor took a look and thought that our power converter is bad. Is that what sounds like the issue here? All of the fuses are fine. He also thought one of our buses?(a black box with a switch) is also bad. Does it sound like I should go ahead and replace the power converter and that one bus?
The power converter is a Centurion 3000, Model CS4500. From a little research online it appears that they are out of business or no longer manufacture those converters. Any recommended alternatives?
Any help would really be appreciated as I would prefer to not have to take the camper into a service center.