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04-22-2012, 06:40 PM
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Electrical fire
We got home from a great weekend camping. As I'm parking my new tracer 2700 at home I see smoke coming out of a black box in the front. I turn off the car and my wife is screaming that there's smoke coming from under the trailer. Anyways, I disconnected the truck, removed the battery from the trailer and eventually the smoke dissipated. Anybody has any idea of how that could happen ???here are some pics....and we were so happy, it was a great weekend, and we were going out next weekend again .... 
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04-22-2012, 06:44 PM
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One more pic
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04-22-2012, 06:50 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
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oooooooo that is not good ! I feel bad for ya !
to the dealer it goes !
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04-22-2012, 06:54 PM
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Well, it definitely looks like a short circuit that was beneath the fuse rating on the cicuit it was fed from. It looks like in the wire from the TV connector to connection on the TT? This will require some troubleshooting by following wires and a multimeter to check for grounds. maybe a wire got pinched and grounded out? you state that this is a new TT, so I would contact the dealer as it maybe a warranty issue.
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04-22-2012, 06:58 PM
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Do you know if the cord either dragged on the ground or was crimped between something. It appears that there was a short in the twelve wire cord, do not get discouraged. It is a reasonable and easy fix.
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04-22-2012, 07:34 PM
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Which wire is the most melted?
Could give you some insight as to which circuit to start checking.
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04-22-2012, 07:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill m
Do you know if the cord either dragged on the ground or was crimped between something. It appears that there was a short in the twelve wire cord, do not get discouraged. It is a reasonable and easy fix.
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ooohhh i hope so....the weather finally got better, i hope they fix this quickly....
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04-22-2012, 07:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wbdvt
Well, it definitely looks like a short circuit that was beneath the fuse rating on the cicuit it was fed from. It looks like in the wire from the TV connector to connection on the TT? This will require some troubleshooting by following wires and a multimeter to check for grounds. maybe a wire got pinched and grounded out? you state that this is a new TT, so I would contact the dealer as it maybe a warranty issue.
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yeah, i will contact the dealer tomorrow morning...
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04-22-2012, 07:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill m
Do you know if the cord either dragged on the ground or was crimped between something. It appears that there was a short in the twelve wire cord, do not get discouraged. It is a reasonable and easy fix.
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i don't know if the wire was crimped, i don't think it was. it was definitely not dragging
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04-22-2012, 07:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by f1100turbo
oooooooo that is not good ! I feel bad for ya !
to the dealer it goes !
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yeah, and that's the thing, i can't drive this trailer out there, because it won't have any brake lights, turn signal, etc., so i guess i need to ask them to come pick it up from here ?!?!?!
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04-22-2012, 07:50 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
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that does pose a problem !
hmmmmm
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04-22-2012, 07:56 PM
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it's hard to tell, it looks like it's a wire that was going under the middle bolt, not actually attached to the box..hard to tell what color it was, it may be brown or black...it's really melted....
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04-22-2012, 07:58 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
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looks like its 4 posts over from the right ? would that be right ?
in post 2
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04-22-2012, 08:15 PM
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Looks like it was a high resistance connection in that junction box. Maybe a loose hold down nut. The TV's pigtail wires are fused in the major fuse box (normally in the engine compartment) and the travel trailer is fused on the travel trailer side under the frame near the battery.
That leaves the junction box vulnerable to a loose wire. If this was the failure mode; once the loose wire starts sparking, the burnt connection gets worse and the resistance goes up. Higher resistance turns that amperage into heat. The entire wire carries that heat and melts the insulation.
Good luck.
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04-22-2012, 08:24 PM
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Check the wires going to the brakes, everything else has a fuse that would have blown before this amount of damage, better check your tow vehicle wiring too.
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04-22-2012, 09:01 PM
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it looks like everything is ok on the truck. i checked the connection and the fuse box, everything looks good.
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04-22-2012, 09:03 PM
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yeah, but looking closely it looks like it's a wire going under that bolt, the wires got pretty melted there....kind of weird...i'll see if i can take a closer shot
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