daveinSD
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I was plugged in to house power, prepping pop up for weekend. I had a portable air conditioning unit plugged in and it was working fine. Then was the time to test batteries. Yes I have an inverter, and two batteries up front. As soon as I unplugged from shore power the whole rig lost power. I waited a bit, the camper has dome lights, and power to the radio inside, so its getting power, but no ability to plug in anything. NO circuit breakers blew, no fuses lit up.
So I plugged camper back in, and same result.
Anyone have any ideas? I've pretty much given up on the AC unit, assuming its pulling to much from the camper; I don't know.
But how do I get the 110 back?
Thanks.
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LittleBill
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did you plug into the inverter? what size is the inverter? you will probably not be able to run the ac off the inverter if that was your plan.
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time2roll
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Does the portable work plugged into the home outlet directly?
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joebedford
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Fuse in your inverter?
As littlebill said, you probably won't be able to run the ac off the inverter.
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daveinSD
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I just plugged ac into one of the ... plug ins. No special place for the inverter so I assumed the inverter is wired into all 3. Tried all 3 after and no joy. Also, no special fuse for inverter that i can see...all listed in volts. I called the guy who installed the extra battery in series and he said it may be a wiring issue in between the inverter and one of the plug ins. But now can't plug into anything. How would the ac affect no longer being able to have 11?
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LittleBill
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daveinSD wrote:I just plugged ac into one of the ... plug ins. No special place for the inverter so I assumed the inverter is wired into all 3. Tried all 3 after and no joy. Also, no special fuse for inverter that i can see...all listed in volts. I called the guy who installed the extra battery in series and he said it may be a wiring issue in between the inverter and one of the plug ins. But now can't plug into anything. How would the ac affect no longer being able to have 11?
your going to have to a better job of describing what your issue is.
first link what inverter you have, and maybe some pictures of the wiring.
if the inverter is standalone, it should have nothing to do with the original wiring. check a circuit breaker both in the house and in the rv.
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Lwiddis
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Two batteries up front are not ever going to power an air conditioner for long…or not at all. By not describing your inverter I believe you only have a converter.
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Your pop up has a converter and not an inverter. Unless you installed an inverter. 110 will not work off the battery. Its for dc, or 12 v stuff, like lights, water pump, and heater fan. Even if you installed an inverter, you wouldnt get much power. A converter converts 110 to 12v, a inverter creates 110 from 12v.
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daveinSD
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time2roll wrote:Does the portable work plugged into the home outlet directly?
Sure does. I am assuming (not knowing how to do the electronics math) that the ac is pulling to much from the inverter and shut everything down.
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daveinSD
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New development: I tried plugging back into house power once again and removed the RV surge protector. The 110 came back on. I guess that was my main concern.
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