Posted 2011-07-07 9:19 AM (#135432) Subject: Please help me....LQ Electrical problems
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I messed up and ran my AC at the same time as my microwave....I know duh dummy not supposed to do that, but I did it anyway.
Everything that is ran by battery works so I have lights, but nothing that requires electrical will work. All of my outlets, microwave and AC...nothing, nada.
I checked my generator and it works.
I check all of my 110 volt breakers on the main. Flipped them off and then back on.
So what could it be? I haven't pulled my fuses but am going to go and get some fuses today and will check all of them tonight.
I have 10 fuses as follows
30 amp- Refer
15 amp- ceiling lights-the lights still work
15 amp- Bathroom light- it works
15 amp- Kitchen light and stove hood- they work
15 amp- radio- it works
15 amp- Furnace- haven't checked it
20 amp- Recharge line- I have no idea what that is
3 amp- LP detector
15 amp- O/H Cabinet
Posted 2011-07-07 9:44 AM (#135433 - in reply to #135432) Subject: RE: Please help me....LQ Electrical problems
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Posts: 801 Location: Tenn/Ala.
Help us first- what brand/model generator, and what make of LQ?
All of the fuses you describe are for the 12V side. No problems there, leave them alone. You have a main breaker tripped somewhere. If it is a built in Onan 4.0, there is a breaker located in the lower portion of the genset, inside the main access panel. When it is tripped, genset will start and run- but no juice.
If you know the genset is putting out AC power- you will have a breaker panel in your trailer, just like your house. There will be a 30 amp breaker that is possibly tripped. It may be right beside the fuses you've found.
Posted 2011-07-07 9:50 AM (#135435 - in reply to #135433) Subject: RE: Please help me....LQ Electrical problems
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Thanks. I checked my generator and it works. I checked the main breakers. Shut them off and turned them back on. Nothing looked tripped in that main panel. Could there be a breaker somewhere else. I also plugged it into regular 220 to make double sure it wasn't my generator. The generator is a 3000 Honda and isn't on board. I have a Sierra LQ in an Exiss. I can't believe I did this. Shoot.
Posted 2011-07-07 10:09 AM (#135436 - in reply to #135435) Subject: RE: Please help me....LQ Electrical problems
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I have done this before. After we checked all fuses, etc, there was nothing else to check but the generator. We have a Honda 3000 that is not on board either. Anyways, I flipped a switch back there other than the off/on switch. I can't remember but maybe a reset button. Anyways, it worked ,things were reset. Believe me, I only did this one time. Learned that when you use a generator and the ac or microwave is on, do not use any other electric appliances inside the LQ!!. If this doesn't help you, I will go check our Honda and see what button I pressed.
Posted 2011-07-07 10:30 AM (#135440 - in reply to #135436) Subject: RE: Please help me....LQ Electrical problems
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Yeah, I thought that maybe I had overloaded the generator, so I took a blow dryer and plugged it directly into the generator.
To be sure that it isn't my generator I plugged my trailer directly into a 220 outlet that we have. No power
Posted 2011-07-07 11:29 AM (#135443 - in reply to #135440) Subject: RE: Please help me....LQ Electrical problems
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Posts: 2957 Location: North Carolina
Originally written by realitycheck on 2011-07-07 10:30 AM
Yeah, I thought that maybe I had overloaded the generator, so I took a blow dryer and plugged it directly into the generator.
To be sure that it isn't my generator I plugged my trailer directly into a 220 outlet that we have. No power
Did the hair dryer plugged into the running generator work ??
Are you sure the "220 outlet" is 220 volts? or just an outlet that fits your trailer power cord? Makes a big difference to keeping the smoke inside the boxes.
If you're sure all the fuses or circuit breakers have been checked, now is the time to get someone with a voltmeter to trace each line to the a/c.
Posted 2011-07-07 5:30 PM (#135448 - in reply to #135432) Subject: RE: Please help me....LQ Electrical problems
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Posts: 235 Location: Keymar,Maryland
Using a voltage tester check hot side of receptacle to neutral side of receptacle and hot to ground on receptacle. If in doubt use a length of wire off the generator frame to check hot to ground in the trailer. I'm thinking your neutral is open.
Posted 2011-07-27 8:25 AM (#136125 - in reply to #135432) Subject: RE: Please help me....LQ Electrical problems
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Thanks for all of the help.
I stopped in at Frontier Trailer Sales in Spanish Fork Utah on my way to Salina for a race.....the problem was in the plug in on my trailer....bad connection. The repair guy took it apart, put it back together, tightened everything back up and I haven't had trouble since.
Kudos to Frontier Trailer, they have always been good to help me out
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