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Old 08-16-2010, 01:43 AM   #1
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Electrical outlets have no power

The electrical outlets inside my 2004 Forest River Georgetown 359ts have no power. I am a newbie to RV's...a friend suggested it might be a GFI plug that has tripped. I also read online that it might be a tripped breaker switch in the control panel but I have no manual so I don't know where the control panel is located on this coach. There are two switches near the generator but they are labeled "30 amp". These switches can be turned on and off....any suggestions would be helpful...thanks.
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Old 08-16-2010, 03:29 PM   #2
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On my 2004 325ds the circuit breakers for the coach plug ins are located in the bedroom near the floor beneath the T.V.and the ground fault breaker is in the bathroom. Hope this helps.
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Old 09-24-2010, 09:17 PM   #3
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I have an '07 359TS and the breaker box is located near the floor just outside of the bedroom door. This is below the control panel for the slides, tanks, etc.
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Old 09-24-2010, 11:46 PM   #4
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I have a 2004 359TS. The two 30 amp breakers located at your genset need to be in the on position for any power to the coach.

The power center is located at the end of the bed along the baseboard behind the bed skirt. The circuit breakers are behind two verticle covers that will need to be popped off to access them. Make sure they're on.

The GFI reset button is located in the middle of the light switch in the bathroom to the left of the sink and will be glowing orange if it is tripped. Just push in the square white button located in the center of the switch to reset it. If this doesn't work, then you might have a bigger problem with your genset. If possible, plug in your shore power and test your outlets thus eliminating any problems from your power center to your outlets. We were newbies when we bought our 359ts 5 years ago...let us know how it goes.
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Old 10-18-2010, 08:38 AM   #5
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Same problem on 2010 341ds and it turned out to be a loose wire on the GFCI outlet in the bathroom. That seems to be the first outlet in the GFCI chain so nothing works "downstream" from that point on.
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