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Budward
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Topic: Learning the Electrical Posted: 25 Sep 2014 at 5:24pm |
The 40 amp fuses protect the convertor- if they are blown you can still be running off the battery but you aren't charging with them blown, assuming you are connected to AC power. In other words the convertor output is connected through the 40 amp fuses, when they are good, but if they are blown the convertor is not supplying any power, just the battery is.
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2014 179
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rcamper
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Posted: 25 Sep 2014 at 4:44pm |
if the 40 amp fuses are blown. i just put the cables on correctly and everything worked even though the fuses were blown. so what else do those fuses do? i called them they said that's all they do. my point is why are they there if everything works when you correct the cable and leave the blown fuses there. a brain teaser no doubt
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rcamper
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Posted: 25 Sep 2014 at 4:30pm |
i got mine both 40 amp were blown which i didn't know and the front light and slide, water pump worked anyway. they must bypass the converter in case that happens while camping
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rcamper
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Posted: 25 Sep 2014 at 4:24pm |
in some cases the converter or distribution box as some call have fuses in them that have no current running through them. if you slowly pull a fuse it should spark which is normal . i am having mine checked to see why fuses that have no crrent are there . i checked my 1`2 volt and everything worked except the stereo. i dont think they wired it in or there is a fuse behind the stere that can't be seen that might be blown that would be a 10 amp.
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Seanl
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Posted: 25 Sep 2014 at 8:54am |
When I purchased my pod used all of the 12 volt fuses were marked with labels. I assumed it was from the factory but maybe the first owner put them on. They were all printed out nice except two of them were reversed.
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Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition
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furpod
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Posted: 24 Sep 2014 at 10:17pm |
Originally posted by kymooses
The 40amp being blown means someone accidentally hooked up the battery backwards.
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or that you stuck the wires of the end of a 181g light bar into your 12v socket under duress to show all the pretty lights. [/QUOTE]
No that blows a 10amp. The 40 amps are strictly for reverse polarity protection.
(but you know the lights made you all tingly...)
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Leo B
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Posted: 24 Sep 2014 at 8:33pm |
Good to know
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
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CharlieM
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Posted: 24 Sep 2014 at 8:15pm |
Originally posted by RescapePod
At my walk around with the dealer mechanic I was told that the small automobile fuses have a red light that lights up next to the blown fuse.
I just bought a M179 2015.. |
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Charlie
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CharlieM
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Posted: 24 Sep 2014 at 8:14pm |
Originally posted by RescapePod
At my walk around with the dealer mechanic I was told that the small automobile fuses have a red light that lights up next to the blown fuse.
I just bought a M179 2015.. | That is true. The small red LEDs are on the circuit board next to each fuse. When a fuse blows th light lights to tell you which one is open.
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Charlie
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kymooses
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Posted: 24 Sep 2014 at 4:12pm |
Originally posted by furpod
Originally posted by MikeGranberry
When I got the RPod 179 to the house, I discovered a blown 40 Amp fuse. All seems OK now. Thanks for all the pointers. Now to map all the fuses to make this discoverable at night in the dark.
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The 40amp being blown means someone accidentally hooked up the battery backwards.
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or that you stuck the wires of the end of a 181g light bar into your 12v socket under duress to show all the pretty lights.
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