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08-03-2012, 03:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Illinois
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Excellent! Glad to hear you are all up and running again. Have a great vacation!
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2012 F350 CC DRW - 6.7L PSD
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08-03-2012, 03:22 PM
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Site Team - Lou
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: South Eastern PA
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I love happy endings!
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2008 GMC Sierra 3000HD Allison Duramax
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08-03-2012, 04:27 PM
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Too old to be too smart
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: La La Land
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The happiest ending will be when the "electrician" pays the bill! 
Pop
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08-03-2012, 04:30 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Columbus, Ohio
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Glad you were able to get it fixed and taken care of.
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08-03-2012, 06:10 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Kansas
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Glad Ed at A to Z got you fixed up. Have a safe trip and enjoy your trailer.
Where are you and Mom headed.
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08-03-2012, 06:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Wisconsin
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Great news! Glad it worked out for you. Enjoy your trip and make lots of great memories.
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2006 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L Cummins Turbodiesel 4x4; 2012 Ford Escape 4x4. 3 very pampered cats.
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08-03-2012, 06:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Upstate (Albany Area) NY
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Great ending to what could have been a very expensive story!! A to Z sounds like a great company to work with.
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08-03-2012, 08:47 PM
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Alleged curmudgeon
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Southwest Michigan
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VinceUtheMan!
Just for the record, hats off to VinceU for nailing this one in Post #24 above! The insight of the folks on this forum is invaluable. Happiest ending imaginable. Maybe VinceU is just one of our most optimistic members?
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2013 Windjammer 3008W
2006 Chevy Silverado 2500HD 6.0L w/Equalizer 4
Nights camped: 2012 (29); 2013 (26); 2014 (40); 2015 (43); 2016 (35); 2017 (34); 2018 (39); 2019 (30); 2020 (16); 2021 (14); 2022 to date (12)
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08-03-2012, 09:04 PM
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Anacortesians
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Anacortes, WA
Posts: 1,166
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Absolutely fantastic outcome! Kudoi (plural of kudos) to all involved. Hope you and your Mom have a fantastic trip.
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No longer RVers or FR owners
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08-03-2012, 09:06 PM
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Alleged curmudgeon
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Southwest Michigan
Posts: 558
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$394...what a great ending.
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2013 Windjammer 3008W
2006 Chevy Silverado 2500HD 6.0L w/Equalizer 4
Nights camped: 2012 (29); 2013 (26); 2014 (40); 2015 (43); 2016 (35); 2017 (34); 2018 (39); 2019 (30); 2020 (16); 2021 (14); 2022 to date (12)
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08-03-2012, 09:21 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Jersey Shore
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Great ending... I been camping all weekend and been thinking about you...
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08-04-2012, 09:05 AM
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Now a "Top Member"
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Roman Forest, TX
Posts: 4,352
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OUtstanding. I love it when a plan comes together!
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2010 Wildcat 28RKBS
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08-04-2012, 09:34 AM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Iowa
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Glad all is well have fun!
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08-04-2012, 09:49 AM
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
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Yay! Hope this weekend is full of fun and memories for you and your mom!
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Current TV's -'05 Silverado 3500 DRW Duramax; '07 G.C. Hemi; '96 F250 Powerstroke
Previous TV's '94 G.C. L6 and '05 Dakota QC 4.7
Family Camper's -'96 Coleman SunValley;'00 Forest River Shamrock 25'; '12 Keystone Raptor 41'
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08-04-2012, 10:25 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 10,447
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Wildwood Danny coming to the rescue 
OP & mom departing for camping trip 
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Great choice for "Living within my means" and camping for one...
Formerly owned 2011 Salem Cruise Lite 20RBXL & 2011 Toyota Tundra Dbl Cab
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08-04-2012, 10:31 AM
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Stay Classy San Diego
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 117
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Quote:
Originally Posted by marcusfan
Today, thanks to a referral here from Wildwood Danny, I had A-Z Mobile RV Repair come out to my house. It was definitely the converter. He showed it to me and two of the resistors had exploded inside the converter. Replaced the converter, every electronic device in the TT worked like a charm. $394.00 including parts, labor and trip charge.
I think someone was smiling on me today. I just want to say thank you guys and gals so much for all of your help over the last couple days. I was freaking out. I've ordered a surge protector as advised by several of you. My mom and I are on our way camping and the electrician has agreed to pay for the repairs.
Thanks again all and if I ever have a chance to help out, I will surely repay the assistance.
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I kind of choked up a little when I read this! I am so happy for you. This forum has such wonderful members 
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08-04-2012, 11:07 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Forest Grove, Oregon
Posts: 602
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Great ending 
This community forum comes through
Enjoy your camping time 
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This Space for Rent
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08-04-2012, 11:50 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Austin, Tx area
Posts: 126
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cmptrkd
Someone told you to use your 30amp to 20/15 amp pigtale adapter and plug into a standard outlet to see if you get any power. Have you been able to do this?
Also, whether on the new 30amp plug, or using the pigtale to another outlet, can you take an alarm clock or table lamp into the camper and plug it in to an outlet?
It would be nice to know if we have any power to the camper. Most installed appliances need DC to run thermostats, or other electrical components, but if I am not mistaken, power should still flow just fine through a fuse box even if the converter is fried and testing with a lamp or alarm clock, small fan, anything... will show us if you have power out there.
If you have power.... your weekend trip might not be squashed. Maybe Herk can chime in as he seems very knowledgeable, but you might be able to get by using a battery charger on your battery once arriving to your destination, and keeping that charger on there for the weekend. I wouldn't recommend doing this for months and months, and I would suggest running water heater and fridge on propane just to take the strain off a stand alone battery charger, but if all you were running is lights and the thermostat for the A/C, I don't think you'd be in a world of hurt.
None the less, please report back if you have some power out there so we have an idea where you are sitting.
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Good advise.
With one exception. I don't think that the DC demand from the
water heater and fridge will decrease when going over to propane.
Their "non-propane" heat comes from the AC line not from the
battery (& stand alone charger).
In fact, if the water heater is like mine, the DC current demand
will actually increase because the propane valve is operated by DC.
Whenever the water heater is burning, there is a steady - somewhat
heavy - drain on the battery to keep the valve open. On AC, that's
not the case.
Same for fridge.
YMMV.
If your water heater is totally manual......never mind!.
But, oh, the fridge,,,,,,,,,
cheers,
johnd
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08-05-2012, 02:04 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: south Kansas City area
Posts: 1,298
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Just got back from our weekend trip and trying to catch up on all the forum news. So glad things turned out as well as they did for you. Enjoy your trip and hope you and your mom have a great time. We're practically neighbors--stay in touch.
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2015 Sabre 33 CKTS-6 Platinum Edition
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08-05-2012, 03:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Wow...Im thinkin if this ever happens to me i'm just gonna plug it back into the 220 til it burns to the ground and start over!
im just sayin...
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