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Hey John. How’s your trailer?
John H. Wrote in message:
On Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:14:50 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: You’d made mention that you had to work on it? What happened? My 120vac/12vdc converter went out. The 12v lights got dimmer and dimmer. I checked the fuses in the converter, but they were good. The RV battery was down to a bit over 10v. We got through the night OK, 'cause the heat pump uses 120v. But, the next morning I had to get some help pushing the slides in as the RV battery, even with the truck connected wouldn't do it. Luckily, there was enough juice in the system to raise the trailer enough to hook up, but those motors were running pretty slow. Got home and tested the converter, which should have been putting out about 13.6v. It was putting out about 7.5v. Got a new one, a 65amp, to replace the 55amp. Then I noticed a weird plug on the end of the new converter. It's a 20amp plug. I'm thinking 'Oh ****, this won't work'. Then I tried to see where the old converter was plugged in. The receptacle is on the underside of the distribution center for the RV, which is behind the furnace in the 'basement' of the RV and not accessible to a normal-sized person. So I had to remove the distribution center (where all the fuses and breakers are). Got that done, and I was able to remove the old converter plug. Luckily the receptacle takes either the 15amp or the 20amp plug. Today I'll try to get the new one plugged in. First I have to run a line down under the distribution center, tie the new plug to it and pull the plug up. Then it'll be touch and feel to try to get the plug into the receptacle. Hope it works. I was dry camping in Indiana a couple of years ago when My 3000watt inverter tripped a breaker. Everything appeared ok except the batteries weren't charging when the generator was running. They would charge when the engine was running. If your inverter is a combo unit like mine something similar could have happened to yours. -- x |
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