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enblethen wrote: Yes, I saw that here. People do not understand what is happening. They think they can go to Alaska through Canada stopping at all tourist locales. So for the ignorance of your southern neighbors. Been in your back country up at Cold Lake! Cold lake is 2 hours from me... Love it here.. Raw nature.682Views0likes0CommentsRe: need help with electrical
enblethen wrote: Thanks for the update! Wish we could come north to visit Jasper, Lake Louise and Icefields this fall. Doesn't sound like border will be open. I don;t live too far from jasper, but I've never been myself.. We do all our camping up in northern Alberta in the bush. But your right, doesn't sound like the borders are going to open this year. I heard BC is actually booting out AB travellers from camp grounds683Views0likes0CommentsRe: need help with electrical
I pulled out the converter and opened it up. It has a 25amp fuse inside. The fuse was good and I tested it just to make sure. It was full of dust, so I blew it out with air compressor. Reinstalled and still no voltage on the DC side. Ordered a new converter. SHould be here Monday. quick question... the trailer batteries were charging while driving.. I'm not sure how it could charge while driving, but not while plugged into 110? Does the 12 volt from the tow vehicle not go through the converter before charging the batteries?682Views0likes0CommentsRe: need help with electrical
Neil Citro wrote: newtojayco wrote: enblethen wrote: Travel trailers in most cases do not have battery switch. The reverse polarity fuses vary per type of converter. A stand alone style have the fuses in the DC end of converter. Converters that are integral to the power distribution panel are located in the 12 volt DC power distribution panel. Next to the 120 volt circuit breakers is a small plate held on by thumb screw. Fuses are behind plate. Some AC units use 12 volts DC for control, so it is possible that is why it doesn't work. Your power problem maybe that the batteries are not wired correctly. Two six volt batteries should be wired in series. The positive of one battery should be connected to negative of the other battery. The positive of second battery goes to DC panel through a fuse or 12 volt circuit breaker. The negative of the second battery should be connected to frame of trailer. I would stay away from using 12 volt DC for the refer. Draws a lot of power at 12 volts. Make of Tow vehicle GM products, you need to look in owner's manual on ho to connect charge circuit to trailer connector. I've looked all over and I can't find a reverse polarity fuse. I see lots of converters have a fuse right on the converter itself, mine doesn't. Mine is a 45 amp and looks rather out dated and small I am thinking my converter doesnt even have a reverse polarity fuse. I have about 8 blade fuses and about 4 or 5 110 breakers. Im sure one of those blade fuses is the converter, but they aren't labelled. I'll check for a 30amp fuse tomoorrow. Thank you On my previous trailer the reverse polarity fuses were in a bundle taped up under the tongue. I have never seen a trailer that did not have them somewhere, I assure they are there somewhere. The way to be sure is to check the voltage right at the converter output. If they’re external to the converter then you should have voltage there and not at the batteries. If you don’t have voltage right at the converter then the fuses could be in the converter. I had 0.00 volts at the converter on the DC end. So can I assume they are in the converter itself? And can I open it up to replace them? The guy I bought it from JUST replaced the batteries before I bought it so I'm guessing theres a good chance he hooked them up wrong and blew the fuses.682Views0likes0CommentsRe: need help with electrical
enblethen wrote: Travel trailers in most cases do not have battery switch. The reverse polarity fuses vary per type of converter. A stand alone style have the fuses in the DC end of converter. Converters that are integral to the power distribution panel are located in the 12 volt DC power distribution panel. Next to the 120 volt circuit breakers is a small plate held on by thumb screw. Fuses are behind plate. Some AC units use 12 volts DC for control, so it is possible that is why it doesn't work. Your power problem maybe that the batteries are not wired correctly. Two six volt batteries should be wired in series. The positive of one battery should be connected to negative of the other battery. The positive of second battery goes to DC panel through a fuse or 12 volt circuit breaker. The negative of the second battery should be connected to frame of trailer. I would stay away from using 12 volt DC for the refer. Draws a lot of power at 12 volts. Make of Tow vehicle GM products, you need to look in owner's manual on ho to connect charge circuit to trailer connector. I've looked all over and I can't find a reverse polarity fuse. I see lots of converters have a fuse right on the converter itself, mine doesn't. Mine is a 45 amp and looks rather out dated and small I am thinking my converter doesnt even have a reverse polarity fuse. I have about 8 blade fuses and about 4 or 5 110 breakers. Im sure one of those blade fuses is the converter, but they aren't labelled. I'll check for a 30amp fuse tomoorrow. Thank you371Views0likes0CommentsRe: need help with electrical
going to try to answer everyone at once. Thanks for the help by the way.. It's all new to me. I disconnect both batteries.. Then measured the volts to the wiring in at the batteries.. 0.00 volts. I put one battery on a trickle charger. I only have a trickle charger, my big charger died on me. When the battery on the trickle charger got to 12.6 volts, I threw it back in the camper. Wiring is as follows Neg to Neg bridge Pos to Pos Bridge Postive from camper to pos on one battery Neg from camper to Neg on the other battery Went inside, battery monitor read 2/3 battery life. Fridge is working on AC now. Forgot to check the air conditioning and the furnace, but I'm going to guess they are both working now. I left the trickle charger on the batteries in the camper for the night. Yes they are deffinitely 12 volt batteries.. I'm new to campers, not to batteries!371Views0likes0CommentsRe: need help with electrical
All my fuses are good.. BReakers aren't flipped. I pulled the batteries out and measured the voltage from the pos/neg wires that go to the batteries--> 0.00 volts.. So I have nothing coming from my converter back to the batteries. Camper is plugged into a 110outlet and there is nothing on inside the camper except the display on the microwave. Must be my converter... I tested all the blade fuses with a voltmete and they are good. no breakers flipped, so unless there is a inline fuse I can't find (I traced all wires by feel from the converter to the fuse box/breaker boxes)..202Views0likes0Comments
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