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Vaflatlander · 05-21-2014, 08:47 PM

What seemed like an easy problem has become a real head banger. While prepping for our first long trip, I noticed my microwave was off and thought little of it till I tried the front tv nothing rear tv same bathroom and dinette receptacle all out. Receptacle in kitchen and bedroom, inverter all work. CB panel has no tripped breaker and all are hot. Does anyone know of a juction box in the area of the fridge that would tie these problems together. I did open the slider.I also back fed the circuit using the bedroom to BR tv recptacle. This brought all but the MW to life. Any help would be appreciated thank you Ed
2000 National tradewinds.

msham87 · 05-21-2014, 09:14 PM

I had a similar problem and discovered that a gfci outlet had tripped. All electric devices from that receptacle onwards did not operate until the receptacle was reset.
Just a thought.

Acker1 · 05-21-2014, 09:14 PM

Sounds like a tripped GFCI. Check your receptacles for 2 buttons--test & reset--push the reset and test for power. The GFCI receptacle should be near a sink or outside.

DICK

Vaflatlander · 05-21-2014, 09:18 PM

I was hoping that was the problem so I bypassed The GFCI that was out and still no power, I am really stumped on this one. Thanks for the suggestion

94-Newmar · 05-22-2014, 04:29 AM

If you have a whole-house inverter there will be 1 or 2 separate breakers on the front (or side depending upon the brand) of it. 1 of the circuits controlled by one of these breakers on the inverter will not be passing through your AC breaker box inside the coach - so it's imperative you check them first. On your coach Im not sure where the whole-house inverter is located from memory, but it's generally near the batteries and could be wall mounted or mounted inside or behind a covered panel of some sort. I'd be willing to wager one of the breakers has tripped :-)