|
|
11-03-2015, 01:40 PM
|
#1
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 12
|
No Lights or 12V power
I recently purchased a used Wildwood Forest River X-Lite Travel Trailer 2011 26BH. It took me a few months before I could get my power pole installed to hook up the trailer.
Now that I have power the only thing that works is the AC unit.
Could this be caused by the battery being dead or bad battery cell.
It has been plugged in for several weeks now.
|
|
|
11-03-2015, 02:31 PM
|
#2
|
Site Team
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Southwest Alabama
Posts: 9,850
|
There are a few things that can prevent you from getting 12 volt power through out the RV. The most common would be the main fuse blown. Have you checked all the fuses in the converter?
It would also be helpful if you could tell us the make of the converter.
__________________
Salem 29RKSS Pushing a GMC Sierra 2500HD!
Gotta go campin!
|
|
|
11-03-2015, 02:37 PM
|
#3
|
Site Team
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 15,300
|
If it was not on shore power for a while and you did not disconnect battery ( switch or manual) the battery probably went dead. If you connect to shore power with a dead battery, the current from the converter to the battery ( charge current) can exceed the fuse capacity and blow the fuse ( 30-40A). You can try charging the batteries with an automotive charger to get them up to normal then reconnect them, but usually if you draw the battery down too low ( dead) it never fully recovers. Charge the battery and take it to an auto parts store they can test it.
__________________
2015 Freedom Express 248RBS
TV 2015 Silverado HD2500 Duramax
TST Tire Monitors
Honda 2000I + Companion
2 100W solar panels
|
|
|
11-03-2015, 02:41 PM
|
#4
|
Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Iowa
Posts: 34,507
|
Check the battery Reverse polarity fuses.
Converter should run 12v regardless of battery good bad or otherwise.
Also check converter circuit breaker.
|
|
|
11-03-2015, 02:46 PM
|
#5
|
Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Iowa
Posts: 34,507
|
Btw you said just the a/c works.
Tv?
Microwave?
Just out of curiosity who wired your pole?
And is it done correctly?
|
|
|
11-03-2015, 02:54 PM
|
#6
|
Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Northeast Louisiana
Posts: 33,954
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by trailerdog
I recently purchased a used Wildwood Forest River X-Lite Travel Trailer 2011 26BH. It took me a few months before I could get my power pole installed to hook up the trailer.
Now that I have power the only thing that works is the AC unit.
Could this be caused by the battery being dead or bad battery cell.
It has been plugged in for several weeks now.
|
Ok, being the cynic I am on new power installations, let's start there and work forward. The reason for this, is we have seen TOO many times that an electrician wires the outlet for 240 volts and ruins many things. Your RV is only 120 volts.
Do you have a 50 amp (4 prongs on power cord) or 30 amp (3 prongs on power cord) RV, and did the electrician wire an outlet for same (50 or 30) or are you using an adapter?
Do you have a microwave in the RV, and if so are the lights on (clock, etc)?
If the electrician incorrectly wired your RV for 240 volts, it will almost always fry the converter...which is what powers your lights and other 12 volt things as well as recharges your battery. With a fried converter, your 12 volt stuff will still work directly off of the battery up until the point it is depleted....since there is no way to recharge with a fried converter. You may have had lights initially, but once the battery ran down, then they also quit working.
Until we ascertain that you have a correctly wired outlet, please do not attempt to turn on the air conditioner again as you will damage it, as well as anything else you plug into an outlet inside the trailer that works off of 120 volt AC power.
A 240 volt installation will usually always take out the converter, and more times than not, the microwave and televisions if equipped.
__________________
2011 Flagstaff 831 RLBSS
A 72 hour hold in a psych unit is beginning to intrigue me as a potential vacation opportunity.
|
|
|
11-03-2015, 02:54 PM
|
#7
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: South West Michigan
Posts: 187
|
Make sure your battery disconnect switch is on.
__________________
2015 Flagstaff 8528IKWS Diamond Package
2013 Ford F-150 Super Crew, EcoBoost, Max Tow,
6.5 bed, Roadmaster Active Suspension, E rated tires
98 days camping 2017 98 days camping 2018
94 days camping 2019 49 days camping 2020
|
|
|
11-03-2015, 02:57 PM
|
#8
|
Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Iowa
Posts: 34,507
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wayne Joan
Make sure your battery disconnect switch is on.
|
If the converter is working properly the battery disconnect shouldn't matter, if it even has one.
|
|
|
11-03-2015, 03:11 PM
|
#9
|
Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Northeast Louisiana
Posts: 33,954
|
__________________
2011 Flagstaff 831 RLBSS
A 72 hour hold in a psych unit is beginning to intrigue me as a potential vacation opportunity.
|
|
|
11-03-2015, 05:37 PM
|
#10
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 12
|
I don't know where the converter is located on my camper. I will contact my electrician to see how he hooked it up.
|
|
|
11-03-2015, 05:41 PM
|
#11
|
Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Northeast Louisiana
Posts: 33,954
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by trailerdog
I don't know where the converter is located on my camper. I will contact my electrician to see how he hooked it up.
|
Does your RV's power cord have 4 prongs on the end of it, or only three?
I would assume your RV is a 30 amp variety, but want to confirm.
Can you tell us, what exactly you are plugged into?
Can you, or are comfortable with using an electrical multimeter?
__________________
2011 Flagstaff 831 RLBSS
A 72 hour hold in a psych unit is beginning to intrigue me as a potential vacation opportunity.
|
|
|
11-03-2015, 06:21 PM
|
#12
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: West Michigan/Fort Myers
Posts: 3,927
|
Following
|
|
|
11-04-2015, 12:43 PM
|
#13
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 925
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bama Rambler
There are a few things that can prevent you from getting 12 volt power through out the RV. The most common would be the main fuse blown. Have you checked all the fuses in the converter?
It would also be helpful if you could tell us the make of the converter.
|
Often there is also an inline fuse with-in a couple of feet of the battery. It could be blown causing everything to be dead.
Jim
__________________
07 Dodge 1500 crew cab with 20" wheels, 08 Forest River Rockwood Signature Ultra-lite 8280SS
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
George Bernard Shaw
|
|
|
11-04-2015, 01:06 PM
|
#14
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 135
|
Something similar happened to me. All my 120 v appliances were working, none of the 12 v items were working.
I checked all the fuses. They were all good.
I went to a CW and they found that I had pinched the umbilical cord and shorted out the 30 amp Main fuse located under the front of the trailer. The battery was fully charged via my SUV.
Just a thought.
|
|
|
11-04-2015, 01:52 PM
|
#15
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 925
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by johng4706
Something similar happened to me. All my 120 v appliances were working, none of the 12 v items were working.
I checked all the fuses. They were all good.
I went to a CW and they found that I had pinched the umbilical cord and shorted out the 30 amp Main fuse located under the front of the trailer. The battery was fully charged via my SUV.
Just a thought.
|
That is the fuse I mentioned above. It is often overlooked, many may not even know it is there.
Jim
__________________
07 Dodge 1500 crew cab with 20" wheels, 08 Forest River Rockwood Signature Ultra-lite 8280SS
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
George Bernard Shaw
|
|
|
11-04-2015, 01:57 PM
|
#16
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: West Michigan/Fort Myers
Posts: 3,927
|
I have never seen or heard of a main fuse at the battery. Anyone know if this is relevant on a Berkshire?
|
|
|
11-04-2015, 02:00 PM
|
#17
|
Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Iowa
Posts: 34,507
|
"IF" the converter is working properly then this fuse being talked about is irrelevant regardless of good, bad or non existent battery.
|
|
|
11-04-2015, 02:04 PM
|
#18
|
Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Iowa
Posts: 34,507
|
There are soooooooo many unknowns with this thread it's pointless to comment until op can provide more info.
1) does it have a microwave, and does it work?
2) does it have a tv, and does it work?
3) has the converter circuit breaker been checked?
4) is the converter working, and putting out voltage?
5) was the shore power pedestal wired for 220?
6) 30 or 50 amp service?
|
|
|
11-04-2015, 02:54 PM
|
#19
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 12
|
1) does it have a microwave, and does it work? Not working
2) does it have a tv, and does it work? No TV installed
3) has the converter circuit breaker been checked? Don't know location of converter
4) is the converter working, and putting out voltage? Unable to check at this time
5) was the shore power pedestal wired for 220? The electrician wired it 220 by mistake, I put meter on it today and it showed 240 volts from rectp
6) 30 or 50 amp service? It is 30 amp service.
|
|
|
11-04-2015, 03:01 PM
|
#20
|
Pickin', Campin', Mason
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: South Western PA
Posts: 19,146
|
Sorry... deleted... mis-read you have a 30 amp service.
__________________
2022 Cedar Creek 345IK 5th Wheel•Solar & Inverter•2024 Ford F-Series SCREW•7.3L•4x4•Factory Puck•B&W Companion•TST Tire Monitor w/Repeater•Sinemate 3500w Gen.
F&AM Lodge 358 Somerset, PA - JAFFA Shrine - Altoona, PA
Days Camped ☼ '19=118 ☼ '20=116 ☼ '21=123 ☼ '22=134 ☼ '23=118☼ '24=90
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|