andrewd523
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This is my first post and I have done a lot of reading on here before I asked this question. I have a 2003 Coachmen Spirit of America 298FK. Here is a picture: http://www.delmarvarvcenter.com/2003-coachmen-spirit-of-america-298fk-used-travel-trailer-de-i602638
We have the TT parked at a campsite with no power, so we have a generator. We bought the TT with a small leak so we thought we repaired it adequately... We didn't. The power worked fine when we bought it then we ran into a couple problems. First: 1/2 of the outlets stopped working b/c the leak ran down a wall that had a GFI on it. It will not reset for the life of me, so I am assuming it needs to be replaced. So we just used 1/2 of the outlets, no big deal. Then one night when we got to the camper we reversed the 12V battery connectors and heard a clicking sound in the RV for about 2 hours... The lights still worked so we just figured everything was fine... After two hours we found out the battery terminals were reversed... OOPS! So we switched the terminals and just ran the generator and everything was fine, EXCEPT The batteries weren't charging anymore so I plugged a battery tender into the 120V system and charged the batteries with that
I just went up to the TT 2 weeks ago after about 2 months and it was leaking again... This time pretty bad! And now nothing is working. I didn't have a VOM with me but nothing was working... I am assuming the batteries were completely dead since we accidentally left them plugged in... And the wall was leaking some more where the GFI outlet is...
What could be going on that all of a sudden the generator will not power anything? No lights, no control panel, no heat... NOTHING
We were relying on that and now nothing is working...
And yes I checked all of the fuses and breakers... The only control panel I found is under the couch... Are there any others?
Any help would be great. We are going up in a couple weeks with a new GFI unit, fuses and a VOM. Any other suggestions?
Thanks again!! Looking forward to many more posts as we learn more and more about this great hobby!
-Andrew
We have the TT parked at a campsite with no power, so we have a generator. We bought the TT with a small leak so we thought we repaired it adequately... We didn't. The power worked fine when we bought it then we ran into a couple problems. First: 1/2 of the outlets stopped working b/c the leak ran down a wall that had a GFI on it. It will not reset for the life of me, so I am assuming it needs to be replaced. So we just used 1/2 of the outlets, no big deal. Then one night when we got to the camper we reversed the 12V battery connectors and heard a clicking sound in the RV for about 2 hours... The lights still worked so we just figured everything was fine... After two hours we found out the battery terminals were reversed... OOPS! So we switched the terminals and just ran the generator and everything was fine, EXCEPT The batteries weren't charging anymore so I plugged a battery tender into the 120V system and charged the batteries with that
I just went up to the TT 2 weeks ago after about 2 months and it was leaking again... This time pretty bad! And now nothing is working. I didn't have a VOM with me but nothing was working... I am assuming the batteries were completely dead since we accidentally left them plugged in... And the wall was leaking some more where the GFI outlet is...
What could be going on that all of a sudden the generator will not power anything? No lights, no control panel, no heat... NOTHING
We were relying on that and now nothing is working...
And yes I checked all of the fuses and breakers... The only control panel I found is under the couch... Are there any others?
Any help would be great. We are going up in a couple weeks with a new GFI unit, fuses and a VOM. Any other suggestions?
Thanks again!! Looking forward to many more posts as we learn more and more about this great hobby!
-Andrew