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03-06-2020, 01:40 PM
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State: Arizona
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THOR #10784
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No electric to refrigerator
I have 2015 Axis and I have no power to refrigerator and 2 outlets in bedroom and the one by couch and TV over the door. I checked all breakers and they are ok I reset the gfi (switch is working and has power) I turned off and on all breakers to see if they tripped still nothing. HELP!
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03-06-2020, 01:48 PM
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: ACE 27.1
State: Florida
Posts: 16,441
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Do you have an inverter?
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2016 ACE 27.1
2020 Chevy Colorado Z71 Trail Runner Toad
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03-06-2020, 02:02 PM
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Junior Member
State: Arizona
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THOR #10784
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No I have a converter
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03-06-2020, 02:05 PM
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Junior Member
State: Arizona
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It seem to be a loose connection because just before it went out it off and on and then off for good
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03-06-2020, 02:06 PM
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Site Team
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: ACE 27.1
State: Florida
Posts: 16,441
THOR #7035
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When you checked the breakers did you trip them and reset them? If so you have a wiring problem somewhere, or a receptacle with bad wire connections.
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Ted & Melinda
2016 ACE 27.1
2020 Chevy Colorado Z71 Trail Runner Toad
2024 Chevrolet Trax 2RS - Soon 2B BU TOAD
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03-06-2020, 02:09 PM
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Junior Member
State: Arizona
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Is there any type of wiring diagram to see how electric line are run
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03-06-2020, 02:17 PM
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Site Team
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: ACE 27.1
State: Florida
Posts: 16,441
THOR #7035
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Either go to the Thor customer center website and sign up with your VIN to download all documents for your coach, or
Call Thor Customer Service with your VIN and ask them to email you the wiring diagrams for your coach.
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Ted & Melinda
2016 ACE 27.1
2020 Chevy Colorado Z71 Trail Runner Toad
2024 Chevrolet Trax 2RS - Soon 2B BU TOAD
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03-06-2020, 11:35 PM
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Brand: Keystone
Model: Sprinter
State: Florida
Posts: 1,422
THOR #15553
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Quote:
Originally Posted by smitty52
I have 2015 Axis and I have no power to refridgerator and 2 outlets in bedroom and the one by couch and TV over the door. I checked all breakers and they are ok I reset the gfi (switch is working and has power) I turned off and on all breakers to see if they tripped still nothing. HELP!
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If your sink is next to the door as in pictures I have looked at, Then the outlet over the door is on a GFI circuit. Any outlet within 6' of a water supply is GFI protected. Other out lets can also be put on it for convenience of wiring. Check your GFI outlet in the bath.
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03-07-2020, 01:11 PM
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Junior Member
State: Arizona
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THOR #10784
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Well I figured it out. My RV was a rental b4 I got it and it appears that someone prior to me overloaded the circuits and burnt 5 of them. Cut them all back to good wire and reconnected them and all is good.
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03-07-2020, 03:23 PM
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Forest River Forester 235
State: Indiana
Posts: 4,929
THOR #6826
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Quote:
Originally Posted by smitty52
Well I figured it out. My RV was a rental b4 I got it and it appears that someone prior to me overloaded the circuits and burnt 5 of them. Cut them all back to good wire and reconnected them and all is good.
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That shouldn’t be possible! The breaker is supposed to trip before you can burn wires from an overload. Perhaps it was a loose connection at your outlets. You might check a few of the originals that are still working. Perhaps the “skilled electrician” that wired your coach was in a hurry that day!
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03-07-2020, 07:46 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Keystone
Model: Sprinter
State: Florida
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THOR #15553
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete'sMH
That shouldn’t be possible! The breaker is supposed to trip before you can burn wires from an overload. Perhaps it was a loose connection at your outlets. You might check a few of the originals that are still working. Perhaps the “skilled electrician” that wired your coach was in a hurry that day!
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That is very much possible. See it all the time. Breakers trip on overload. Not from over heating. A loose connection will cause over heating but not overloading or shorting.
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03-07-2020, 09:00 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Forest River Forester 235
State: Indiana
Posts: 4,929
THOR #6826
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cavie
That is very much possible. See it all the time. Breakers trip on overload. Not from over heating. A loose connection will cause over heating but not overloading or shorting.
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Well that’s EXACTLY what I said!
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03-07-2020, 09:27 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Keystone
Model: Sprinter
State: Florida
Posts: 1,422
THOR #15553
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete'sMH
Well that’s EXACTLY what I said!
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You said the breaker should trip before burning wires. That is true BUT what I said is wires will get hot and burn without tripping the breaker. 
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03-07-2020, 11:42 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Forest River Forester 235
State: Indiana
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THOR #6826
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cavie
You said the breaker should trip before burning wires. That is true BUT what I said is wires will get hot and burn without tripping the breaker. |
Me too. But I’m done.
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03-08-2020, 04:22 AM
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Member
Brand: Still Looking
Model: Newmar Ventana LE
State: Tennessee
Posts: 77
THOR #16834
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cavie
That is very much possible. See it all the time. Breakers trip on overload. Not from over heating. A loose connection will cause over heating but not overloading or shorting.
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Isn’t that why the new homes now have arc-fault breakers instead of just GFI? I understood that an arc-fault breaker would trip if the connection starts to overheat from being loose.
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03-08-2020, 04:34 AM
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Senior Member
Brand: Keystone
Model: Sprinter
State: Florida
Posts: 1,422
THOR #15553
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr.Goodbar
Isn’t that why the new homes now have arc-fault breakers instead of just GFI? I understood that an arc-fault breaker would trip if the connection starts to overheat from being loose.
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That is correct. If they were installed in our RV's, none of us would ever have electric in our units.  
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