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    Posted: 02 Sep 2018 at 2:39pm
Originally posted by Gaylen

found the problem. stupid simple.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 Sep 2018 at 2:38pm
What was it?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 Sep 2018 at 2:32pm
found the problem. stupid simple.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 Sep 2018 at 2:14pm
Are you checking the battery status while plugged in to the pedestal? If so, it will read as 100%. It may be your battery has failed or is improperly connected.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 Sep 2018 at 2:05pm
If you are unplugged from the pedestal, you will not have 110V power. The battery  only powers things that use 12V, that being lights, bathroom fan, refrigerator circuits, furnace, thermostat, USB  and/or 12V outlets (if equipped). There is no inverter to convert 12V power to 110V power. To have 110V AC power, you need to be plugged in to shore power (pedastal or RV outlet), have a generator running and be plugged into it, or solar panels and lots of battery capacity and an inverter. This last one is impractical unless you want to spend a lot of money on Lithium (Iron Phosphate) batteries to gain a large capacity with a much lower weight and size than lead acid batteries would require. You would be better off buying a generator such as Harbor Freight's Predator 3500 Inverter Generator for the times you need AC power and do not have shore power available.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 Sep 2018 at 1:47pm
Greetings.
New to the forum and I can't find our particular problem addressed.
Unplugged the r-pod (178) from the pedestal and had no power to anything. Checked fuses and circuit breakers, when plugged back in the converter starts humming a few seconds and all normal. Battery reads fully charged. Can't find any bad or loose connections following from battery along under frame. 
I think I may be missing something simple?
Ouch
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