Power Outage

[Fremebe]

Believe was caused by too many appliances. Had a space heater and turned on coffee maker. Had been doing that for sometime with no issues.

GFI went out and could not reset suggesting no power from 110

Can run inverter and all working even able to set GFI suggesting GFI working at least with inverter

No breaker triggered but DID reset breaker and replaced main fuse

Confirmed with volt meter have power:
Shore Pedestal
30 amp Plug going into van

This suggest the issue is somewhere between entering the van and where it goes next. Called electrician but holiday weekend so no one can come out. Can run on diesel heater and invertor so "technically" ok.

Worried about what this could be and how hard to have an electrician solve.

Does anyone have any insights as to where the 30amp to 110 wire goes once it enters the van. Since the outlets work with the inverter I am "guessing" it is not within the circuity of the internal system but some where in the process of 30 amp coming into van and going into the converter. Are there any other switches of fuses? Is the convertor and invertor the same.

Any advice, information or peace of mind that an electrician can solve this (versus having to go back to sportsmobile which I am states away from)

[Scalf77]

what inverter/charger do you have?

[Fremebe]

Magnum MS Series

[Scalf77]

If it is a Magnum then I would look on the side for the CB3 breaker as it protects the pass thru relay.

-greg

[Fremebe]

Can you give me any details about where I would find it and is the CB3 breaker a turn off breaker just like the others I see on my panel. I was just looking in the manual ---could that affect DC only and not when using the invertor?

[Scalf77]

This would be the input breaker on the side.




The cables are generally wired from Shore Power input straight to input of inverter. The main breaker panel is on the output of the inverter. The AC input wires are connected behind the panel in the above picture.

-greg

[Fremebe]

Thank you I am taken apart the couch now. If you could hang in with me. if any possibilities of calling me at 605-519-9145 I could really use a lifeline today

[Scalf77]

Any one looking for closure on this post or if looking for solutions in the future. The problem was the that CB3 AC input breaker had gone off. Reset by pushing it back in and good to go.



-greg

[BrianW]

Huh, good to know. I wouldn’t have thought to look there! [emoji119]

[daveb]

I had a similar issue yesterday. I had no power to the plugs and my inverter control panel showed an error code. Luckily all I had to do was reset my Xantrax inverter. What I didn't realize was if the inverter fails for some reason, the AC doesn't default to passing power through the inverter So basically if my inverter fails like it did and won't reset, I can't get power to the vans breaker panel via the shore power plug. Not a huge deal breaker but if I did need AC power in that situation, I'd need to abandon the shore power plug and use an extension cord that would plug into shore power or a generator to power items inside the van.