diesel350
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hello all
i am new to this forum and i would like to say thank you in advance for any assistance.
I have a 2011 cedar creek 36re 5th wheel.
I am having some electrical issues that are confusing me yesterday we were just sitting in the camper and heard a pop from up in the bedroom and then smelled electrical burning. I investigated a found that the washer/dryer burnt up ( it wasnt even running ). No fuses or breakers blown. Wierd .
then last night a little occillating fan in my room burnt up ( it was running ) again no breakers or fuses blown. and i realized the microwave was off and the refrig was kicking from gas to elec. As i was trying to figure out what was going on the ac in the bedroom kicked on and i heard a loud pop ( which turned out to be the converter burnt up ). This was all at one oclock in the morning. So i disconnected the the converter and all was well the rest of the night.
My question is can a converter cause electrical things to burn up? I really dont understand how or what is happening. I didnt have a surge protector on when the washer burnt up but right after that i did hook it up. then everything else with the microwave and the fan happenend about 12 hours later. As i said no breakers ever popped. I dont understand what is going on.
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Shawn
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PapPappy
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Did you check the voltage at the shore power pedestal? If the voltage was low, it could cause some problems.
Was this the first day at this CG? Just wondering how long you were plugged in?
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enblethen
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Welcome to RV.Net!
I would be concerned with what power source you are plugged into. Sounds like it was plugged into a 240 volt source and not a 120/240 source.(I am thinking your rig is 50 amp). Lacking of a neutral in the source.
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Alfred622
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I agree - I'd worry about the power source - assuming you are plugged into a campground pedestal. Very suspect.
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Hi,
Is the RV a 50 amp or a 30 amp service?
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MrWizard
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just sitting in the New Camper
did you by any chance bring it home and plug it into that convenient looking out let that just happen to have the right connection, or maybe use an adapter to go from 4 prong rv to 3 prong dryer plug
if so there is a good chance you plugged your 120v rv into a 240v dryer or range plug
and have fried all the electrical items
the only other thing that could have done it ( if properly plugged in ) would have been excessive voltage on the power line
low voltage usually only harms something actually ruining like the A/C or the MW
or Fan, low voltage will not hurt a resistive hearing element in the fridge or the converter, except it won't do a good job of charging
the converter has nothing to do with your 120v appliances
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I'll give my shot in the dark- a bad neutral on a 50 amp service. Could be in the rig, could be in the park. A heavy load on one leg causes very high voltage on the other leg.
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Check your line voltage before you burn up everything. 
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No the converter will not cause a problem. I like Chris Brant's answer best. a bad or intermitant nuetral could cause high voltage on one leg. You definitely have a high voltage problem.
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