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BernieK · 03-03-2018, 09:03 AM

Which RV service in the Phoenix or Mesa area is most familiar with the Country Coach and the electrical systems ? The breaker keeps tripping on my 120v system for the outlets on the drivers side . I've disconnected everything from the outlets and it still trips .

BFlinn181 · 03-03-2018, 09:38 AM

It could be a bad breaker or, if that circuit goes into a slide, it could be that movement has created a short in the wire that flexes with each movement of the slide. Neither of these issues would be special to CC, any shop that deals with RV electricity should be able to correct the issue.

Roy1 · 03-03-2018, 09:59 AM

If you want to try to narrow it down you could check each outlet receprical starting with the closest to the breaker by disconnecting the black wire on each then reconnecting and moving on to the next one. When the breaker trips you will know the short is between that receptical and the previous one. If it trips on the very first one it is likely the breaker.

Captain Dan · 03-03-2018, 04:20 PM

Swap the breaker with another location first.

BernieK · 03-03-2018, 09:09 PM

Thanks everyone ,I tried all of the above with no results . I gave up and called RV Experts in Mesa and he came right over to look at it . He checked a few things and then asked if I had any work done to the coach in the last few weeks . I had new shades installed in the kitchen and bathroom . He checked how they were mounted and found that in the kitchen they had run a screw through the circuit . Repaired the wire and used shorter screws for the mounting of the shade and everything works again .

birdhunter · 03-03-2018, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by BernieK

Thanks everyone ,I tried all of the above with no results . I gave up and called RV Experts in Mesa and he came right over to look at it . He checked a few things and then asked if I had any work done to the coach in the last few weeks . I had new shades installed in the kitchen and bathroom . He checked how they were mounted and found that in the kitchen they had run a screw through the circuit . Repaired the wire and used shorter screws for the mounting of the shade and everything works again .

And who, pray tell, did that screw?

Rich 2002 Magna

BernieK · 03-04-2018, 11:05 AM

B&B Blinds in Mesa . I wasn't there when he installed the shades and I'm sure he didn't know that CC has hidden wire run through the kitchen cabinets . I tried to find the short for days with no results . I called RV Experts in Mesa and he found it . It pays to get new ideas and eyes to look at the problem .