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LEARN HOW TO RUN 2 RV A/Cs ON A 30 AMP CONNECTION
by Charlie
(Vancouver, WA USA)
I have a 1980 Kit Companion travel trailer. All of a sudden the interior lights, range light/fan and water pump won't come on. The AC works just fine...ie, frig and outlets. For some reason the porch light works with just the batteries or when I'm plugged into AC, however. I don't know if my converter is going bad or I just have a bad ground connection somewhere.
I cleaned up the main ground to the trailer frame but that didn't help. I can't find any other places the circuit grounds to. When I put a light tester to the light fixtures they light up when I ground the light to my oven. So I'm thinking I have a ground problem. Also, both the white and black wires to the bathroom light fixture are live when I put the light tester to them. I'm baffled as to what is going on. I would appreciate any ideas.
Thanks for your time...
Charlie.
ANSWER: Greetings Charlie thanks for submitting your question on our Ask An RV Question Page.
The symptoms you are describing do indeed sound like a bad ground. Since you say that you have located and cleaned the main ground on the trailer frame then my best guess is that the problem lies somewhere between the main ground on your trailer frame and where it connects into the 12 volt circuits in your RV. The fact that your 12 volt porch light works could be because it has it’s own separate ground.
I would start tracing the ground
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LEARN HOW TO RUN 2 RV A/Cs ON A 30 AMP CONNECTION
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