Overloaded Circuits And Other Problems

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This customer called and said he was having multiple electrical problems with his class C motor home. I found bad parts in the AC side of the electrical system and the DC side. I think the biggest problem was overloaded circuits in the RV. Watch to see how it all unfolded.
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Комментарии : 64

@mikeweis5925 25 дней назад

You are wrong about one thing - I don’t get tired of seeing you do the same thing again! Sure do enjoy watching your diagnostic skills and appreciate your thinking out loud as you are working.

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

Ha ha. I think out loud a lot. I don’t always include it in the videos.

@dalegaus276 23 дня назад

As a retired FF/ Fire investigator and an avid camper that coach had too many extension cords especially for those heaters. Fire just waiting to happen. Investigated a lot of camper fires in my time and several were because of excessive extension cords and not the correct wire size for the draw of the appliances. Thanks for the video.

@hillbillyrv 23 дня назад

Yes this is a fire hazard.

@daviscrt 24 дня назад

Mike Weis is right, Never get tired of watching your videos, no matter what it is. Thanks Don

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

I really appreciate you Don

@KevinCoop1 24 дня назад

Hello Kenny! We, your subscribers watch your videos to watch you figure out how to and fix things! So, never not show video you have taken. As you needed to repeat things in the video because of new subscribers, those same subscribers may need to see what you cut out. As an electrical designer of over 35 years, I cringed when you showed the two heaters (those are called “electrical designers nightmares”) plugged into those very cheap Chineseium fire starter extension cords. The combination of those two is the #1 cause of electrical started fires. What really helps is when a throw rug is put over the cord to keep from tripping over it! The rug really speeds up the process of getting the cord to melt and start the wiener roast. RV’s are like Green Acres where Eva Gabor had the kitchen numbering system where everything was assigned a number. Over a certain number of combined points, the husband had to climb the pole to turn the electric back on. Keep the videos coming! We enjoy them! Kevin

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

You are right Kevin. I need to stop trying to figure out what y’all want to watch and just show you everything. Ha ha I had forgotten that about green acres. That is funny.

@FryeRVRepair 24 дня назад

Another story out of my service call history book. Most of my calls a from folks who have there RVs set up as vacation homes. They say it worked when we were here last time. Sometimes it has been a year since they used it. The salt air here adds to the electrical trouble shooting fun. Please keep up the good work, I need it.

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

Hard to believe stuff just breaks sitting there. 🤣🤣🤣

@TheBuddy1939 25 дней назад

Thanks Kenny. Sat down with a cup of coffee and enjoyed the channel and content

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

Awesome. Thanks

@redc8783 25 дней назад

Your right about on “Use or Loose “ that’s the reason I’ve sold mine 3 weeks ago, 42 years now first time I don’t have so sort of RV. But don’t fear I’m going to be here for ya just like Mighty Mouse. 😂😂😂😂😂

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

Thanks for hanging around Red.

@itsjustthatez4275 24 дня назад

Always enjoy your videos. I haven't taken my maiden voyage in my RV yet, but when I do, your going with me 😂

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

Awesome. Where we going?

@bertkelly7650 25 дней назад

We were tandem camping and my friend said his lights were dimming. I went over with my meter was checking the sockets and wasn't getting anything figuring it was the GFCI was kicked. Nope. He forgot to plug the camper into the pedestal.

@paulshannon4576 25 дней назад

A different funny story. Was camping with a group and a friends wife hollered out a window that the stove would light. He got to checking and the hot water heater wasn’t on. So he started pulling stuff apart looking for a reason. After a good hour he finally had worked his way back to the LP tanks, they were empty. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

That’s a good one.

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

I have to carry my own LP tank with me because you wouldn’t believe how many times I have had calls about propane appliances not working just to find out their tanks are empty.

@craigjohnson3603 13 дней назад

Too much draw and cheap extension cords don't help and I'm not a fan of those oil heaters and I think the fake fireplaces are just stupid! Good video.

@JeffinTD 25 дней назад

Great video. That sounds like an actuator in the HVAC system freaking out. Blend door or one of the mode doors.

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

Oh ok. It was a weird noise.

@madjack7979 24 дня назад

Wow that is alot of stuffffff.

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

Yes it was

@2manytoyz123 24 дня назад

That failed component is an electrolytic capacitor. That’s typically how they fail, and let out the magic smoke. I would suggest he plug the battery tender directly into the 15A receptacle on the power pedestal outside to avoid tripping the GFCI again. If he keeps using those skinny extension cords, he might want to invest in some fire extinguishers… 😮

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

That is exactly what I told him. Not sure he was listening though.

@coreymerritt7742 24 дня назад

Great video Kenny 👍 it blowed up real good

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

It did

@criticaltemperature3343 24 дня назад

That little do-dad is a capacitor. I do HVAC and EC blower motors are getting more frequent. Ive taken a few of the control modules apart and find that is the case, a popped capacitor. I believe ECM stands for Electronically Commutated Motor.

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

Thanks for the info

@jeffsteele1295 25 дней назад

Hello Kenny love the video thanks so much. That thing inside the converter with the hole in it was a capacitor, and judging by the fact it seems to be one of the biggest capacitor in the converter. This indicates that it would be use for filter on the DC output of the converter. It would take a massive pull of current demand to cause this capacitor or associated components with the capacitor area ,to short out and cause this damage to this size of a capacitor. This is my guess after working on power units for over 30 years and seeing many failures .

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

Maybe lightning???

@jeffsteele1295 24 дня назад

@@hillbillyrv Yea thanks I did not think of lightning . I have also seen lightning run back even on the ground wire and just do so much damage. Thanks so much.

@paulshannon4576 25 дней назад

Your customer sounds like my older brother, absolutely no mechanical knowledge. We had a joke, he would call and ask how to change the oil in his cars. I would tell him to go to the parts store and tell them what information they needed and then go to the liquor store. He would call me when he got home and I would tell him I’ll be over in a little bit and change the oil and drink his beer.

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

Ha ha

@Re-engineer_everything 24 дня назад

That sounded like the truck’s fan re-learning the stop points. It will cycle from by the feet to the defrost. When the battery has voltage again it re-learns. It happens when I take the a/c module out and put it back in.

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

Maybe. It was a weird noise.

@MrChauffer 25 дней назад

The way I saw it was it was because he had AC power coming in, he shouldn’t have put the battery tender on, that’s probably what took out the converter, should’ve had the converter breaker turned off, that’s what I do when I charge my batteries on solar, but I’m still hooked up to shore power,

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

The battery tender was on the chassis battery. Not all motor homes are set up to charge the chassis battery off of the converter.

@scotthill1278 24 дня назад

Ok so if the convertor is working now, and the starter/house battery gets replaced he shouldn't need a battery maintainer as long as the RV stays plugged in to shore power. An yes I think they have that 15 amp gfci circuit overloaded.

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

Not all class C motor homes charge the chassis battery from the converter and I did test it to find out.

@thorhammer6040 18 дней назад

Capacitor exploded. I bet that sounded like a gun shot.

@dbrannon79 23 дня назад

Nice job Kenny! I noticed this RV seems to use normal style outlets with a box in the wall. our forest river trailer doesn't have boxes in the wall! I went to replace a 110 light switch and an outlet in ours and found the covers just pop off and there are no boxes in the wall! the outlets use the same style "wing" that grabs the paneling as a box that one would insert in drywall without a stud. I was curious if I should cut the paneling out to allow one of those type boxes to fit and then use a regular outlet and wall switch. BTW the switch is stuck in the on position and have no idea what it's for, assuming it's to turn the outlet on and off next to it that is located over the countertop by the front entry door and kitchen sink.

@hillbillyrv 23 дня назад

Just the GFCI in this RV is residential. All the other outlets are most likely the RV junk ones like is in yours. You can definitely change them to a clamp box and residential style outlets. As far as the switch, I have no idea what that would do.

@Hugo-Hernandez 23 дня назад

Great video, whats Cameron up to ?

@hillbillyrv 23 дня назад

As far as I know he is working for a building contractor. He is a carpenter. Just what he wanted to be.

@db6283 25 дней назад

Watching from hillbilly County in arkansas. Fayetteville . Thanks for the video

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

Well howdy

@brianausban 25 дней назад

Sounds like an actuator for the hvac

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

Perhaps. It was a weird sound.

@larrygrant4755 25 дней назад

Hey Kenny, love your channel, informative and entertaining!

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

Thanks

@patrickstiltner1207 25 дней назад

Another great video Kenny! Thanks for sharing!

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

Thanks for watching.

@williamsneedjr4129 25 дней назад

Was his Rv a 30amp

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

Yes

@andrewspies1968 25 дней назад

Did he actually have stuff up and running while gone for 7 months? Looked like everything was disconnected. If so then why would the gfci trip unless it’s bad? And the converter…good catch but it doesn’t have anything to do with the chassis battery. Or is the chassis and house the same in this case (weird)?

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

I think they just left it with the GFCI tripped. Chassis and coach battery is two different batteries.

@lacrossed55 19 дней назад

Not to pile on but this situation looks like a PSA from the fire department or National RV association of how RV fires start ... and when you watch said video you say "this is so over the top"

@hillbillyrv 19 дней назад

Yes

@RLBS61 25 дней назад

Hey Hillbilly I have a question that has nothing to do with today’s video.I was touching up my caulking on my roof using Dicor and it caused the rubber roof to separate from the roof.What are your thoughts on this?Do I need to use something else?

@hillbillyrv 24 дня назад

If you put a LOT of Dicor on it will kind of bubble the rubber roof, but it will settle back down in a few days.