Power converter issue new to me RV
Hi! I’ve never owned an RV before and we purchased an old 2003 coachmen cascade for pretty cheap. One thing that didn’t work on it when we purchased was any of the 12 volt lighting except for the one in the bathroom. It was used as a full time trailer and actually had a deck built around it, it was totally stationary for most of its former life. So I figured ok maybe this guy said to heck with the power converter when it went out and wired his bathroom light up for 120 volt since he was always plugged into shore power. We plan to move around in it so this would not work for us—also I just want lights and the fans to work. I shouldn’t have assumed that was the case I don’t think.
Because I went to replace the power converter and something is wrong and now neither the DC nor the AC work. Well the AC plug in that I fashioned from the breaker itself does work because the power converter lights up. However the rest of the AC circuits are now not working and neither is the DC. I think it’s also important to mention that the PO disconnected and got rid of the battery entirely.
From what I can tell, there was a red white and blue wire that connected to the old power converter. It must have been doing something since now nothing works after I disconnected it. The black and white wire were the only other wires I disconnected from the old inverter. They were simple enough to fashion to an outlet and do plug in. I should also mention that currently I don’t have the new battery put in either. However I didn’t think that would affect whether or not the converter works.
So any idea what’s going on? The converter won’t even start up although there is a green light to tell me it’s on. This is probably a stupid question but why would the 120 volt stop working now? If all I did was cut off connections that went to the old power converter only? And another stupid question is do the wires you connect come out of the new converter or am I supposed to be using the old wires
Because I went to replace the power converter and something is wrong and now neither the DC nor the AC work. Well the AC plug in that I fashioned from the breaker itself does work because the power converter lights up. However the rest of the AC circuits are now not working and neither is the DC. I think it’s also important to mention that the PO disconnected and got rid of the battery entirely.
From what I can tell, there was a red white and blue wire that connected to the old power converter. It must have been doing something since now nothing works after I disconnected it. The black and white wire were the only other wires I disconnected from the old inverter. They were simple enough to fashion to an outlet and do plug in. I should also mention that currently I don’t have the new battery put in either. However I didn’t think that would affect whether or not the converter works.
So any idea what’s going on? The converter won’t even start up although there is a green light to tell me it’s on. This is probably a stupid question but why would the 120 volt stop working now? If all I did was cut off connections that went to the old power converter only? And another stupid question is do the wires you connect come out of the new converter or am I supposed to be using the old wires
