Power on&off briefly!

[Johnynorthland]

Hi all, hitting up the forum for advice. I have a 2019 Redhawk25R that owned since 2018, lived full time in it for one year and have had very little issues with it to speak of. Last night, while at a county park in Miami, our power went off/on instantaneously. It happened twice, about 30min apart. I have the 30amp, Hughes BT watchdog surge protector, plug in version. It never tripped or set a code. I’ve already changed my transfer switch about 3 years ago, after a meltdown, I’m thinking my converter/charger could be going, but not sure. I did monitor the current and it never went below 120V, but I didn’t stare at it, it was 4am when this happened, I went back to bed.

We are currently back in our permanent RV park, (for the next 3 months), I’ve been plugged in for 7 hours and haven’t experienced the above issue, and I’m “currently” at 115V here. Hard to troubleshoot intermittent problems! They are the worst! Or maybe there isn’t a problem and the parks power itself was the issue. I didn’t stick around to ask anyone around me.

I’m thinking of just buying a new converter/charger, just to have on hand, since we are living out of the RV while we are getting our S&B renovated.

What y’all all think?

 

[Grumpy]

If you lost all power it won't be the converter. Are you sure the park didn't lose power for a split second.

 

[Johnynorthland]

If you lost all power it won't be the converter. Are you sure the park didn't lose power for a split second.

Hey Grumpy, I asked when I checked out but the park office was unmanned and closed overnight and they said they didn’t know of any issues. I don’t know if the watchdog even sets a code if power cycles like that.

I’m going to flip the breaker on/off tomorrow and see what the watchdog does, it may do nothing and if that’s the case, then the problem is, there may be no problem!

I’m trying to be prepared for anything. We were the area in florida where those tornadoes tore through, thankfully we had little damage, but my power was out for a week, after 3 days we were able to get access to our RV, we were moving into the RV anyway during the S&B renovations so it worked out, but my point is I’m trying to be prepare for what if!

 

[pconroy]

I was just thinking about a cheap way to test whether its the pedestal or something past it and inside the coach.

My initial thought would be to grab my old LED digital clock from 1995 and plug it into the pedestal directly. Any outage, and that thing will be blinking 12:00 when I check it in the morning.



While I'm a full-fledged nerd and would probably look for some sort of sophisticated power monitoring doo-dad, I think my clock would work for me.

 

[Johnynorthland]

I was just thinking about a cheap way to test whether its the pedestal or something past it and inside the coach.

My initial thought would be to grab my old LED digital clock from 1995 and plug it into the pedestal directly. Any outage, and that thing will be blinking 12:00 when I check it in the morning.



While I'm a full-fledged nerd and would probably look for some sort of sophisticated power monitoring doo-dad, I think my clock would work for me.

Lol! I too am a nerd! That’s a great idea! It hasn’t happen since we are back in our permanent RV spot. So I’m guessing it was the parks pedestal, but time will tell!

Thanks for your nerdy input!

 

[JimD]

If you lost all power it won't be the converter. Are you sure the park didn't lose power for a split second.

I had also thought about the park power drop off at first. Then I remembered my unit being plugged in and out does not affect the lights at all since they are on battery. The converter shutting down doesn't stop the battery from supplying all 12 volt items.

I guess the question is, what exactly shut down. If it was just 120 volt items, such as TV and microwave, then indeed it could be the park power.

I agree, don't replace the converter. It should not cause a power drop unless your battery is bad.

 

[Johnynorthland]

I had also thought about the park power drop off at first. Then I remembered my unit being plugged in and out does not affect the lights at all since they are on battery. The converter shutting down doesn't stop the battery from supplying all 12 volt items.

I guess the question is, what exactly shut down. If it was just 120 volt items, such as TV and microwave, then indeed it could be the park power.

I agree, don't replace the converter. It should not cause a power drop unless your battery is bad.

We only heard the AC fan on/off and the Microwave was a blinking! At 4am I wasn’t coherent enough to check everything! Lol

 

[JimD]

Ok, definitely a 120 volt drop out rather than 12 volts. Ignore the converter entirely as a problem source.

For intermittent problems you can try the basic things:

Reset the connections by unplugging and reconnecting the pedestal and protector.
Cycle the pedestal breakers.
Cycle the rigs main breakers.

 

[Johnynorthland]

Ok, definitely a 120 volt drop out rather than 12 volts. Ignore the converter entirely as a problem source.

For intermittent problems you can try the basic things:

Reset the connections by unplugging and reconnecting the pedestal and protector.
Cycle the pedestal breakers.
Cycle the rigs main breakers.

Thanks for your advice. As I said we are now connected to a different pedestal at a different campsite. It’s been over 24 hours so far nothing. But I’ll keep you guys all posted. Thanks again.

 

[JimD]

Remember to keep one eye open all night long.

 

[Johnynorthland]

Remember to keep one eye open all night long.

Oh, you know my wife! Lol!

 

[Johnynorthland]

Op here, all good in our permanent rv park in Sebastian florida. Not one power incident! Oh no, did I just jinx it!? Lol

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!