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Old 04-29-2012, 09:44 AM   #1
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No 110 in the Motor home

So I went to check the motor home this AM and there is no 110 volt in the house. The panel indicates there is power coming in. I unplugged and started the genny but the same. Batteries do not seem to be charging plugged into shore power.

I checked the auto switch and have power coming out of it both from the genny and from shore, but there is no power in my fuse box.

I assume there must be something kicked off but what is between the auto switch and the breaker box unless it is the inverter. Have no power from the inverter either, by the way.

Any thoughts? Oh, it is a '98 Dutch Star.

Thanks for your help in advance.

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Old 04-29-2012, 10:40 AM   #2
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My problem always ends at the GFIC in the bathroom. Usually a hair dryer or something trips the breaker. Older ones give up quicker
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Check the inverter breakers
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Old 04-29-2012, 11:23 AM   #4
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I thought about GFIC but would that cut off power to the breaker box itself, and I tried resetting it but nothing changed. Don't know of any other GFIC boxes, although my book says there is one in the kitchen also. The book says each GFIC controls certain outlets but it does not appear there is even power to the inverter/battery charger.
Also checked the resettable breakers on the inverter and they were good. Have a Hart Inverter, should there be other breakers besides the 15 and 30 amp on the front of the inverter?
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Old 04-29-2012, 11:30 AM   #5
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Ditto on the breakers on the Inverter. Mine has two of them and many circuits go through it.
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My 110v outlets have two breakers near the 2500w inverter but between the inverter and the GFI.

Do your roof AC units run?
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Checked the air and it works, that is good, at least there is power in the coach. Will now go check for the second breaker for the inverter.

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The inverter only powers up certain circuits, not all of them, and should be on a seperate breaker in the main box. The main panel is usually fed directly from the transfer switch. I would check for loose connections in the transfer switch and in the breaker panel. Of course, make sure you are unplugged from shore power before tightening the connections. When looking for "missing volts" start at the source where you know you have voltage and keep following the wiring untill it stops. Do you have an energy management system? Could be a problem there.
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I thought the power should go directly from the switch to the breaker box also. Checked all the connections and there is power out of the switch but nothing at all in the box.
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So new thoughts on this. There is a breaker for "air", actually a double breaker. There is no power as far as I can tell to the breaker but the air turns on when I turn the thermostat to cool. Does not seem to blow as hard but it did kick in the compressor, I could hear it kick on. So the question is, how can the air come on when there is not power to the breakers for the air? Confusing afternoon.
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When I had a similar problem it was the circuit breaker in the AC breaker box. With no power to the inverter it would not pass-thru power to the coach circuits.
Turn that circuit breaker off then on again, it might help.

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Although the diagram here is not for your rv it will give everyone an idea how some are wired. Some circuits do not pass through the Inverter and they remain hot. On my inverter/converter there are two small circuit breakers with little white round tops. Kind of easy to miss if it wasn't such a common issue on the forums.
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Old 04-29-2012, 05:08 PM   #13
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Thanks for all your help. Just wanted to update those who have left messages. As far as I can tell, the motor home healed itself. Of course, my fear is, if I did not fix it, it could happen again. When I put all of the things I was looking at back together, the power was back on. Maybe I did reboot the GFIC or the inverter breaker was reset ... anyway, thanks for all of the suggestions. I will keep you informed if anything happens again.

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So new thoughts on this. There is a breaker for "air", actually a double breaker. There is no power as far as I can tell to the breaker but the air turns on when I turn the thermostat to cool. Does not seem to blow as hard but it did kick in the compressor, I could hear it kick on. So the question is, how can the air come on when there is not power to the breakers for the air? Confusing afternoon.

Somehow, you are not accurately measuring power through the breaker because, if the roof air compressor is on, 120 volts are passing through that breaker.

If you look at YC1's diagram, you will see how many rigs are wired for VAC. Certain breakers (2 on my rig) lead to the Inverter then through 2 basement mounted breakers, back to the GFI outlet(s), and then on to the other outlets.

The Refrigerator outlet does not run through the Inverter on my rig and that is where I have also wired my electric water heater. The roof air units do not run through the inverter. Our Microwave/Convection oven does run via the inverter.

So, it appears that your problem was downstream of the circuit breaker box or was a specific circuit breaker.

Glad to hear you are operational again.

Thanks for posting the result.
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