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Amen · 10-10-2017, 06:00 AM

We just lost power in the coach (2008 Camelot 42PDQ) ...monitor says 50 coming in but lost all power to 110 outlets. No breakers kicked off...no GFI kicked off. We are on battery power ...12 volt not inverting because it says we have shore power. Luckily we have a battery back up for computer...need that for work... but where is the breaker for the 110??

Amen · 10-10-2017, 06:05 AM

Except I do have 110 around the bed?? How is that?

windsorbill · 10-10-2017, 06:05 AM

check the breaker on the inverter. Mine is a pop up type, kinda like those thermometers you stick into a turkey and pops up when done.

Amen · 10-10-2017, 06:07 AM

Would that keep the rest of the coach from getting 110?

photopilot · 10-10-2017, 06:08 AM

Did you check the fuses/circuit breaker on the inverter?

Amen · 10-10-2017, 06:16 AM

It was popped...pushed it back in ...when I did that nothing happened..still blinking and still no power

Amen · 10-10-2017, 06:17 AM

Oops!! Never mind! It’s back on!! Yay!!! Thank you guys so much!!!!

Amen · 10-10-2017, 06:30 AM

So any idea why it would trip there and not trip the 110 breakers in the coach?

Johnontheroad · 10-10-2017, 06:44 AM

Not all your outlets go through the inverter, like the ones at your bed. The ones that do go off the inverter are protected by its circuit breaker, so when that pops all your circuits on the inverter go off.

I found this by plugging a heater in the outlet by the sink. When I ran the heater when making coffee (that was also on the inverter) the circuit breaker popped. If memory serves, the inverter circuit breaker is 20 Amps so that will go well before any house breakers.

windsorbill · 10-10-2017, 06:48 AM

I'll bet you were making coffee, toaster running, curling iron, etc, etc. You get the idea. Some of your plugs run through the inverter. It's designed that way so when you're camping without shore power (boondocking), and don't want to run genny, you have power to those outlets through inverter, but not all the other plugs.

I put a small label on all the plugs that do run through the inverter. It helps DW identify which plugs are on inverter. Then we try to manage the electrical usage on that circuit.

Amen · 10-10-2017, 06:54 AM

Hmmm...that is almost exactly what happened here...but heater plugged into dining slide outlet. What outlet can I use where that won’t happen? The bedroom one? In our gas coach we never had these issues.

windsorbill · 10-10-2017, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Amen

Hmmm...that is almost exactly what happened here...but heater plugged into dining slide outlet. What outlet can I use where that won’t happen? The bedroom one? In our gas coach we never had these issues.

Not sure which gas coach you had, but your Camelot is probably more 'fist ta kated'.

Unplug your shore power, turn off genny. Turn on your inverter. Go around and plug something (plug tester, lamp, anything that will tell you if you have power at that outlet) into each outlet in entire coach and make a note of the ones that work. Those are the ones running on inverter. You need to manage what is in those plugs all the time, even when on shore power. You can't run a heater and a few other items on that all at the same time.