Chuck_S
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The smoke came from somewhere!
I'd take his offer to have the local RV shop test this to establish at least an implied warranty. If you miss something and sign off that it's all OK you may have undiscovered problems down the road (literally and figuratively).
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I'm sorry to hear of your issues. But it's good to see that the contractor is taking responsibility without balking.
Chuck_S wrote:The smoke came from somewhere!
I'd take his offer to have the local RV shop test this to establish at least an implied warranty. If you miss something and sign off that it's all OK you may have undiscovered problems down the road (literally and figuratively).
-- Chuck
I'll second that: get it professionally checked out.
No disrespect intended, but if you had to originally ask what to check out, then you aren't really qualified to check it out. Things may work now, but could be stressed or damaged to the point where they will stop working in the future (probabaly right after you sign off and release the contractor.)
Appliances or wiring could have damaged insulation or components. When they fail it will probably just stop working, or it could result in a short that causes a dangerous condition or fire. Granted, that's the worst case, and you probably don't have any serious issues, but the prudent thing is to thoroughly check it out. This includes opening up the breaker box and keyjunction and outlet boxes and inspecting the wiring and connections.
Like Chuck said, the smoke came from somewhere!
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AutoEngMike
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Most likely the smoke may have been wire insulation melting. In that case the breakers may have protected your equipment and everything might work but you still have a potential fire issue when your wires shift and then short where the insulation melted. All wiring, appliances, etc. should be checked. It appears your 12VDC equipment is OK and the only thing you should be concerned with is the converter and other 110VAC equipment/wiring as far as testing goes.
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Same thing happened to me a few years back on my previous trailer. It fried my converter, microwave, and shore cord. Refrigerator was ok. My television was not plugged in at the time or it may have gone also. My advice would be to take him up on his offer to have a dealer fix it. Too much at stake to trust your inspection on this.
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One thought is when wiring insulation overheats like that it often gets hard and brittle. It might seem fine now but after bouncing down road under tow it might crack and short out. Check all the wiring for discolored and/or hardened insulation and have it replaced.
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When you settle you may want to get in writing that contractor will cover any repair from electrical failure for a year period. Just because it does'w work know, doesn't mean it is not damaged.
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You need to get this checked thoroughly.
While the 12V is isolated via the converter (transformer) in order to get 240V then what should have been either the neutral or ground got energized with the other 120V leg from your panel. Usually these poles are not fused, and at least the ground could quite possible be bonded to between both sides, therefore the 12V is not truely isolated, if it was the ground that was energized.
As others said, heat makes wire, and other components brittle, and while everything seems fine now, a few years and many miles, might cause future problems.
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From what I've seen of RV dealers service techs, they aren't exactly electrical engineers. I'd suggest you have a good local dealer go thru it at the contractors expense of course, then if you know anyone in electronics have them poke around checking for fried wires and such as mentioned above. To open the converter and look around is pretty easy, I'd think if you had damage you will at least see something there.
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I would look for an on site RV tech as they seem to have more knowledge and better work ethic than some of the RV dealer in house techs.
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Similar incident several years back - out of state friends RV elec post - my ClassC. Plugged her in 3-4 sec heard LOUD clicking - v.meter swinging wildly -pulled plug -- only blew microwave. Said parents used plug-in all the time -- never knew just what went wrong. Warr replace microwave - just cooked on stove rest of trip. Felt LUCKY that was all that happened. Got a 'SurgeGuard' & plug it in first to any 'unknown' elec supply.
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