goodluckman60
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I was playing the radio and running a small quartz heater. Then the radio, heater stopped. I checked the six fuses that I had but they were all related to the refrigerator and the outside lights.
I looked in the manuel but could not find any more fusses. The only thing left to check is the electric cord to the house. I am running off a 110 house socket. Could that create a problem?
I must go out and check this also.
Any help again would be greatly appreciated
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Jim Cindy
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Probably a fuse in the house, likely overloaded the circuit if you were running the heater and the battery charger came on.
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Don't forget to check your ground fault outlet
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The 110v system in the RV uses circuit breakers, Turn them off and then on. What size extension cord were you using? Your little quartz heater will probably draw 10 amps or more, If the extension cord was the usual household type it may be toast. Check to see if there is power at the RV end of it.
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Johnworth914 wrote:Don't forget to check your ground fault outlet
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Usually the GFI will trip before the breakers will.
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goodluckman60
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trickyvic3 wrote:Johnworth914 wrote:Don't forget to check your ground fault outlet
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Usually the GFI will trip before the breakers will.
I am using the rv extension cord that screws into the outside of the rv.
I don't know what the GFI is or the ground fault; Sorry. On the bottom of the heater it is 120V, 60hz, 1500W AC only. The flourecent lights still work but the refrigerator is off and the check light is blinking.
Rob
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Rob,
The GFI outlet should be on one or more of your 110 plugs . Not sure where they would be on your rig, but they have a little reset button in the middle of the plug. Your manual may tell you where yours are located. Mine has one in the kitchen/ one in the bedroom and one in the bathroom.
Check the 110 outlet you had the heater plugged into first, then go from there.
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Do you have the RV cord plugged into a dedicated 30 amp or 50 amp circuit from your house? Are you plugged into a standard household type outlet (15 amp) by means of an adapter?
A 1500 Watt heater divided by 120 volts = 10 amps of current. Amps X Volts = Watts. So, as was said, that adds 10 amps to the RV load which may have overloaded the house circuit, expecially if only a 15 amp household circuit, and kicked the breaker.
Do you have a meter which measures AC volts?
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You mean checked circuit breakers?
Some do not move much and must be firmly switched off and back on to reset.
Check the house breaker especially. Put the heater on a setting less than max.
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