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'95 U-240 AC Breakers

I plugged it what turned out to be a bad power strip and popped the GFI feeding the coach 15A.
I made sure everything was disconnected, reset the GFI and it held. When I went to plug a small (500W) heater, that had been working, into the AC by the stove.....no power. Checked the other plugs....same. Reset all the breakers under the Foot of the bed......still no power.  Started the genny, still no power at the AC plugs. Is there another breaker that feeds the AC plugs inside the coach?
I searched for AC Breaker and found a tread where someone had mentioned that there might be breakers in front of the Co-Pilot, behind the panel. Also there are resetable breakers in one of the basement storage bin. I thought they were 12v. Any ideas. I figure it MUST be a breaker Ive missed as it all used to work. Getting rid of that power strip!
1995 U-240 GrandVilla 36'
FMC# 18675
Lookingglass, OR
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." - Ed Howdershelt Abintra Press "If you have to lie to gain Support, you are not worth Supporting" "I just want to go somewhere where there's chocolate and nobody talks." - Ynez Reinschmidt

Re: '95 U-240 AC Breakers

Reply #1 –
First thing I would do is check the GFCI in the bathroom that you reset to see if it actually reset. If that plug/GFCI has went bad it will cause all kinds of problems.  The breakers that are in the dash and basement are 12VDC so don't waste brain cells in that area.

Mike
Pamela & Mike 97 U 320

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

Re: '95 U-240 AC Breakers

Reply #2 –
Quote from: Pamela & Mike –
First thing I would do is check the GFCI in the bathroom that you reset to see if it actually reset. If that plug/GFCI has went bad it will cause all kinds of problems.  The breakers that are in the dash and basement are 12VDC so don't waste brain cells in that area.

Mike
Good Idea. I reset the GFI feeding the entire coach, but if the plugs are all wired together then one GFI would kill all of them.
Thanks
1995 U-240 GrandVilla 36'
FMC# 18675
Lookingglass, OR
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." - Ed Howdershelt Abintra Press "If you have to lie to gain Support, you are not worth Supporting" "I just want to go somewhere where there's chocolate and nobody talks." - Ynez Reinschmidt

Re: '95 U-240 AC Breakers

Reply #3 –
If you have a factory installed inverter/charger, it is quite possible that the tripped breaker is on the inverter itself.

Check and reset the breaker on the outside of the inverter/charger.
Brett Wolfe
EX: 1993 U240
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Re: '95 U-240 AC Breakers

Reply #4 –
This may be too obvious, but just a thought...are you sure that you have power to the coach and didn't also trip something "upstream"?  Can you hear the ATS clunk if you unplug and plug it back in?
Dave and Kelli
1997 U295 40' Build #5188 CSGI
1995 U240 36' Build #4621 SBID-SOLD
2006 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon

Re: '95 U-240 AC Breakers

Reply #5 –
Quote from: Cpt_kludge –
Good Idea. I reset the GFI feeding the entire coach, but if the plugs are all wired together then one GFI would kill all of them.
Thanks

Quote from: Pamela & Mike –
First thing I would do is check the GFCI in the bathroom that you reset to see if it actually reset. If that plug/GFCI has went bad it will cause all kinds of problems. 
Mike

You have me confused which is not hard to do these days.  In reading your first post I get the feeling you tripped the gfi that was outside the coach that was feeding the coach.  You then reset that GFI.  As Mike has said you also have a GFI in the bathroom. Is that tripped?  Have you reset that plug?  If so what happens when you press the test button on the bathroom gfi?

2014 ih45  (4th Foretravel owned)
 1997 36' U295 Sold in 2020, owned for 19 years
  U240 36' Sold to insurance company after melting in garage fire
    33' Foretravel on Dodge Chassis  Sold very long time ago

Re: '95 U-240 AC Breakers

Reply #6 –
Problem solved :)
The GFI in the bathroom had tripped as well as the GFI powering the coach (15A)
I did not know that there was a breaker in the OEM in inverter, but it makes sense.
Resetting the House GFI then the Coach Bathroom GFI fixed the problem.
Thanks for the help :)
Joe
1995 U-240 GrandVilla 36'
FMC# 18675
Lookingglass, OR
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." - Ed Howdershelt Abintra Press "If you have to lie to gain Support, you are not worth Supporting" "I just want to go somewhere where there's chocolate and nobody talks." - Ynez Reinschmidt