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Originally Posted by 16ACE27
When I said "Can of worms" I was referring to the mess you have now due to something (or multiple things) being wired incorrectly, not that your RV is a can of worms. Only the person that worked on your RV knowns what he did or attempted to do; everyone else is just guessing based on your interpretation of the symptoms you are experiencing. Mis-interpretation or mis-speaking when describing these symptoms just adds to the confusion and puts more worms in the can.
Anybody with electrical training knows that transformers are AC only devices. Others think of "transformers" as those toy car things that transform from cars/trucks to robots (or whatever) because they transform from one thing to another. So a device that takes AC and makes it into DC for whatever reason may be incorrectly called a transformer, that nomenclature makes it confusing for people who know what an electrical transformer really is; hence, as Cavie said, the need for correct nomenclature when talking electrical stuff.
Surge Guard/Surge Protector is the same thing - an EMS is is much more complicated (and expensive) thing.
Hopefully your dealer can quickly sort out a simple mis-wiring to get you working again, but as this is not a standard installation the chance you get cured by anyone on an internet forum for this issue is pretty small.
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The RV is back at the dealership. They say it was working before I picked it up yesterday? They say the ATS may have failed.
I don't want to venture too far off topic, because my intent was simply to post my true first failure, I used nomenclature from the dealer and what I saw on product label in part to try to be more specific about what it is. That point failed miserably on this thread. If you look at the picture of ATS which is 40100, you can see on the new labels of same 40100 model from Southwire
https://rvpower.southwire.com/produc...ansfer-switch/ they have re-named the brand so the word
Surge Guard is not seen or used by the layman person reading what is on the product.
Also, FWIW this morning the dealer confirmed no breaker was added only inline fuse as was on the invoice. Speaking of which he still calls it a 12vdc transformer
but I understand the technicality of the difference. No worries as long as they can fix. I must have at least 10-20 of those things around the house and I have always called them AC/DC adapters.
I will certainly update all as to what happens when it is complete.
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