Gazelle05
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Lost power to my coach(Safari 2005 DP 40'). I am in the process of replacing drawer glides on house battery box, battery acid corroded existing ones. Turned house battery switch off,removed batteries, cleaned cables, and proceeded to take drawer glides off. No problem so far. Went to find new glides ended up ordering, new ones showed up, wrong ones. No house batteries hooked up to coach. When I went to the refer for a cold one noticed it was off as is almost every thing in the coach except micro wave is saying set clock. Check inverter thinking breaker flipped it is ok. Any idea where the electricity failure is coming from? Thanks for your help.
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gatorcq
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Uh, maybe you have no batteries?
Everything in your coach is run from your batteries. Which, once you turn off the battery disconnect switch nada. The inverter is a charge AND inverter. So?? reinstall the batteries until you get your parts. My guess. Hope this helps
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Gazelle05 wrote:Turned house battery switch off,removed batteries This here.
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The refer and air conditioner need 12v for control power.
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tenbear
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I never tried it but I thought the converter would supply 12v even without a battery. ???
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tenbear wrote:I never tried it but I thought the converter would supply 12v even without a battery. ???
Some will provide 12 VDC to house systems without a battery, some will not. No "standard way" on this.
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in this RV the batteries are on the curb side, the inverter & charger on the street side and the house 12vdc fuse panel in the BR
the disconnect opens the circuit from the batteries to the HOUSE 12v fuse panel
the inverter & charger are connected to the batteries NOT to the fuse panel
Having Items separated is fairly standard on DP's with inverters and multiple batteries where it is a "component" electrical system, NOT an all in one converter & distribution box
using the disconnect switch means turning off ALL 12v house power, even if shore power is plugged in
there is a great variance in how each MFG wires the 12v system in their RV's
tenbear wrote:I never tried it but I thought the converter would supply 12v even without a battery. ???
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Thanks for the education. Very different than my Class C.
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Gazelle05
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You are right on reinstalled batteries everything is back to normal.
Thanks for the education.
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