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DawgLady
Groupie Joined: 11 Apr 2016 Location: Ashburn, Georgi Online Status: Offline Posts: 94 |
Topic: No power Posted: 31 Aug 2016 at 9:03pm |
I picked up my R 180 yesterday after being at repair shop for 3 weeks to repair slide. Got it home and hooked up to house 110 to get refridgerator started cooling. Turned it on and all was well. Went out today to make sure fridge was cooling and there is no power at all. Lights won't even come on. Any ideas to what could have happened and where I start checking to find problem. So frustrating!! Thanks for any help.
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Dawg Lady
2016 R-180 "Lizzy" Georgia |
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M&M
Groupie Joined: 19 May 2016 Location: Middletown, NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 80 |
Posted: 31 Aug 2016 at 9:19pm |
Good Evening DawgLady! did you check your breakers / fuses? its just a guess, I'm a newbie and that's where I'd start...
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4517 |
Posted: 31 Aug 2016 at 9:27pm |
Ditto, I would start with checking the breakers
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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DawgLady
Groupie Joined: 11 Apr 2016 Location: Ashburn, Georgi Online Status: Offline Posts: 94 |
Posted: 31 Aug 2016 at 9:30pm |
I flipped all the breakers off and back on and made sure all fuses were plugged in tight. Didn't know anything else to do. Is there any way to tell if one of the fuses have blown? I was thinking tho that if it was a fuse that wouldn't cause all power to be off . I am new at this so not sure if my thinking is correct.
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Dawg Lady
2016 R-180 "Lizzy" Georgia |
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ArthroPod
Newbie Joined: 10 May 2014 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 16 |
Posted: 31 Aug 2016 at 9:43pm |
Did you check your power source from the house ?
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177 toad with Ford 150
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Tars Tarkas
Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 31 Aug 2016 at 10:07pm |
Check the GFCI outlet (the one with the little red light/button) if all else fails. Or check it first. It controls every other 110 outlet in the pod, including the ones the fridge and microwave plug into. If it's flipped everything is off.
Sometimes those things seem to flip on a whim. Just resetting it may fix everything until next time, but as with anytime a breaker flips, always look for the cause. Sometimes GFCI things just quit and have to be replaced. That happened to me a year ago when we were at the Outer Banks. Fortunately the Ace Hardware had a full selection of replacements for under $10 or $15. TT |
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DawgLady
Groupie Joined: 11 Apr 2016 Location: Ashburn, Georgi Online Status: Offline Posts: 94 |
Posted: 01 Sep 2016 at 8:49am |
Well, it seems sitting at repair shop for 3 weeks the battery was depleted and causing the problem. I hooked up to battery charger last night and this morning all is working. I thought when hooked up to shore power it did not pull from battery but apparently it does. This newbie is slowly learning a lot of things to be aware of. Thanks for all the help and maybe this will help another newbie if they have this happen.
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Dawg Lady
2016 R-180 "Lizzy" Georgia |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6326 |
Posted: 01 Sep 2016 at 9:26am |
That is another reason to install a battery cut-off switch. The battery should not have been connected for 3 weeks without power to keep it from being depleted. Much of the R-Pod does operate on 12V power. The lights, for example,
are 12V. They will not work if there is no 12V power available. The refrigerator's control panel and the LP leak/CO detector constantly draw power which, while small, will deplete your battery. The
converter should have started supplying the 12V power when you plugged
the R-Pod in to shore power. The converter should also have started charging the battery. If it is not charging the battery, check the two 40A fuses in the panel. If you remove them, you should be able to see whether the metal bridge between the two legs is intact (fuse is good) or not (fuse is bad). If you have a multimeter, you could also check for continuity between the two legs using the ohm meter part of the multimeter if you can't tell visually.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Posted: 01 Sep 2016 at 9:52am |
Not surprising that the battery is dead after sitting on a dealer's lot. There is a small constant load, primarily the propane/CO detector, that will discharge the battery over a few weeks time. But the onboard converter should run the camper and recharge the battery when plugged in. Check your house circuit and the two 40A fuses in the converter. Check the battery voltage while being charged by the converter. A battery under charge should read in excess of 13 volts.
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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DawgLady
Groupie Joined: 11 Apr 2016 Location: Ashburn, Georgi Online Status: Offline Posts: 94 |
Posted: 01 Sep 2016 at 10:08am |
Thanks so much for replies. If I am understanding the answers correctly I could still have a problem with converter. I have battery charger still connected with slow charge and battery is half charged but everything is running now. When it gets fully charged and I disconnect it and camper is still connected with house power if battery doesn't stay fully charged there is a problem with converter, is that correct?
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Dawg Lady
2016 R-180 "Lizzy" Georgia |
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