Upon getting my newly acquired camper home, I was going over everything and seeing how stuff worked, and when I flipped on the rear flood light switch it killed the power to everything (happened on 12VDC and 120VAC).
I rec'd an owner's manual for the converter in the mail today, and it says the converter will shut down in the event of a short circuit.
I have the Converter completely removed at this time. There are 3 DC camper circuits fed by the Elixer 30 Converter. The brown wire (one of the 3 camper circuits) has continuity to ground. The other two circuits do not. I believe the rear floods are on this brown wire circuit.
Now, I think if I tested continuity to ground with a light switch on, then yes, I should have continuity (through the lamp resistor)....right? But if I make sure all light switches are in the off position, this circuit probably should not have continuity to ground.
Question: Does anyone know what other loads (appliances, etc) are on this brown wire circuit? I asked FWC for a wiring diagram of my camper, but I'm told they didn't have one. Does it seem probable that somewhere on this circuit I have a short to ground that is causing my problem?
Would appreciate any input. I look forward to getting it out of the garage and onto my truck!
I rec'd an owner's manual for the converter in the mail today, and it says the converter will shut down in the event of a short circuit.
I have the Converter completely removed at this time. There are 3 DC camper circuits fed by the Elixer 30 Converter. The brown wire (one of the 3 camper circuits) has continuity to ground. The other two circuits do not. I believe the rear floods are on this brown wire circuit.
Now, I think if I tested continuity to ground with a light switch on, then yes, I should have continuity (through the lamp resistor)....right? But if I make sure all light switches are in the off position, this circuit probably should not have continuity to ground.
Question: Does anyone know what other loads (appliances, etc) are on this brown wire circuit? I asked FWC for a wiring diagram of my camper, but I'm told they didn't have one. Does it seem probable that somewhere on this circuit I have a short to ground that is causing my problem?
Would appreciate any input. I look forward to getting it out of the garage and onto my truck!