Bedroom Electrical Outlet

[roadwarriorz]

Hello everyone !

I have a 09 Dip PDQ. One of my wall plates (115v electrical outlet) stopped working. I checked all my GFC's and everything else works ? My DW normally has her cell phone plugged in for charging on her side of the bed. It's the wall plate furthest to the rear next to the bed.

Has anyone else had an isolated electrical outlet problem like this before ?

[Cottons]

On our '08 Dip PDQ this outlet is fed from the GFCI on the front of the kitchen sink cabinet. The engine heater circuit breaker feeds this circuit. The engine heater outlet is in the rear compartment and since it is accessible from the ground, it must be GFCI protected. I don't know why Monaco ran the circuit to the other end of the coach and back again, but it is a handy place to plug in the vacuum cleaner. The central vacuum doesn't get the dog hair off the carpet, but that's another story.

[loranimal]

I had the same problem. It ended being a loose wire connection in the electrical box under the bed.

Carl

[roadwarriorz]

Thanks !

[nutensteve]

I had the same problem with the outlet next to the dining table. It turned out to be insulation that was not stripped back far enough to make contact. Stripped back the wire and everything works great now.

[Jerry & Sydney]

We are having problems with 5 electrical outlets since trying to run our air compressor plugged into the outside storage compartment. Now the outside storage plug won't work, along with the plugs on the wall at the kitchen sink, bathroom sink, dining table and under the dash on the passenger side. The breakers and fuses seem fine. The bathroom gfi will not reset. Any suggestions? Thank You!

[ShapeShifter]

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Originally Posted by sydney cain We are having problems with 5 electrical outlets since trying to run our air compressor plugged into the outside storage compartment. Now the outside storage plug won't work, along with the plugs on the wall at the kitchen sink, bathroom sink, dining table and under the dash on the passenger side. The breakers and fuses seem fine. The bathroom gfi will not reset. Any suggestions? Thank You!

Does that include the output breakers on the inverter? There are likely to be two small push-button breakers on the side of the inverter in the outside compartment. Make sure they are both in. Once reset, the bathroom GFCI will probably reset -- if it doesn't, replace the GFCI.

The inverter should have an internal transfer switch. Shore power would normally pass through the inverter, through the transfer switch, and out the breakers on the side of the inverter. If one of those breakers are tripped, neither shore power nor inverter power will be available on the outlets supplied by it.

Also, with the GFCI, it generally won't reset if there is no power being supplied to it. That's what makes me suspect the inverter breakers.

This problem sounds very familiar, I've been there and done that, right down to plugging in an air compressor into the storage bay outlet.

[whem2fish]

not familiar with your ride but im sure you have checked the breakers. now look in the bathroom for a gfi it is made into the outlet reset it with the button (a gfi is to procect from shorts in bath,kitchen,outside) let us know
dave

[Jerry & Sydney]

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Originally Posted by ShapeShifter Does that include the output breakers on the inverter? There are likely to be two small push-button breakers on the side of the inverter in the outside compartment. Make sure they are both in. Once reset, the bathroom GFCI will probably reset -- if it doesn't, replace the GFCI. The inverter should have an internal transfer switch. Shore power would normally pass through the inverter, through the transfer switch, and out the breakers on the side of the inverter. If one of those breakers are tripped, neither shore power nor inverter power will be available on the outlets supplied by it. Also, with the GFCI, it generally won't reset if there is no power being supplied to it. That's what makes me suspect the inverter breakers. This problem sounds very familiar, I've been there and done that, right down to plugging in an air compressor into the storage bay outlet.

Thank you for your help, you are RIGHT ON. One of the breakers on the inverter was tripped, as soon as we reset it, everything worked. Thank you and the others for taking the time to help.

[ShapeShifter]

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Originally Posted by sydney cain Thank you for your help, you are RIGHT ON. One of the breakers on the inverter was tripped, as soon as we reset it, everything worked. Thank you and the others for taking the time to help.

You're welcome! Glad it was an easy one, that was a real head-scratcher the first time it happened to me...