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  • 240 question….

    Posted by Jim on December 24, 2013 at 9:41 pm

    got back to the coach and we wanted to make a little tea in the kettle. The gaggenau range top won’t go on. Also checked the washer and dryer…..nothing. Since it is 3 degrees in the campground I don’t want to go outside tonight but I did check the breakers inside and none are tripped. We’ve used everything on the last trip so I know they work. Any idea what to look for outside? I will check the breakers in the electrical bay next…..If it doesn’t warm up I may wait till I get to Nashville on Friday.

    Thanks for the suggestions and merry Christmas!

    Paul replied 12 years, 9 months ago 10 Members · 11 Replies
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  • Larry

    Member
    December 25, 2013 at 5:48 am

    Did the GFI trip just thinking maybe in bathroom !!!!!

  • Jim

    Member
    December 25, 2013 at 5:57 am

    It may be the campround wiring. I have had 2 campgrounds where the power pedistal was wired wrong. All indications in the coach showed correct power. But dyer and washer would not work. Unplugged the street power, run the genertor and everything worked. Moved to another power pedistal and everything worked.

  • Archived

    Member
    December 25, 2013 at 6:33 am

    I’m with Andre. The first thing I would verify is that power is getting to the coach. There are too many things not getting power to suspect a single circuit so start at the shore power outlet, and if it is present there the next thing to check is the power cord especially the plug, then the transfer switch.

  • Bob

    Member
    December 25, 2013 at 6:47 am

    Brandon put a new end on the 50 amp plug in Nashville when I picked it up. It had a crack, it rained, and burned. I’ll check that first. Leaving in the am for nashville

    Thanks

  • Archived

    Member
    December 25, 2013 at 7:25 am

    went out to see if the plug was hot. It seemed fine. The volts on my display are reading 122 on one leg and 119 on the other. Now that I think about it, we didn’t use the ac / range top or w/d on the way home. We put the end of the new plug on together so I believe that is right.

    The “old” plug obviously overheated when water (it was raining) got in the crack and slightly melted the plug. Don’t know really what I would check on the transfer switch but I suppose I can call mr. Rv in Nashville to check it out. I do hear the regular “pop” when I plug it in so it must of be engaging.

  • Fred

    Member
    December 25, 2013 at 7:28 am

    Jim

    I would try to reset the shore power circuit breaker it may have tripped, are you running the electric heaters that may have over loaded the shore power. Try running the Genny.

    IMerry Christmas.

  • AL

    Member
    December 25, 2013 at 7:37 am

    Jim the plug may be misswired call me I can walk you through that plug wires. Did you plug into power after the plug was replaced?

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  • gary

    Member
    December 25, 2013 at 7:42 am

    If you have trouble Jim call me on my phone not many people working today be safe. 307-331-5801

  • Paul

    Member
    December 25, 2013 at 7:58 am

    thanks for the replies guys…. The coach has full power so all is well. I figure when we leave Thursday I’ll fire up the genny and if the range works I guess it is the plug or shore power. If not, I’ll have the transfer switch checked. It finally got up to a balmy 8 degrees outside so working with tools isn’t going to work in knee deep snow next to the coach. As the song goes it’s toasty inside, these things are so well insulated and the aqua hot is working great.

    Going to see my wife’s family today so we won’t be at the coach. Leaving early in the a.m.

    Thanks so much for taking the time to reply on Christmas….. What a great group !!!

  • Chas

    Member
    December 26, 2013 at 5:44 pm

    Andre, you where right. We are in Kentucky now, fired up the generator and everything worked. I called the campground to let him know and he said he has been having issues with the power. Would have been nice if he said something before.

    We woke up to an additional 5 inches if snow this morning but the coach had no problem getting out. I will NEVER be in Michigan again past thanksgiving. I left with over 30″ of snow on the ground. Next mission is to get the coach clean. See you all in Florida. Again, it was so nice of everyone to come to our aid on Christmas Day.

  • Robert

    Member
    December 26, 2013 at 7:16 pm

    Jim

    Glad you system is OK and made it out without issues. See you in St. Augustine next week, drive carefully.

    We left Michigan 5 years ago on November 1st OK. but returned on the first week of April and guess what 4 Inches of snow met us just south of Toledo OH. From that date on I made it a point never to come back to Michigan before May and never to stay pass mid October.

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