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06-28-2017, 03:26 PM
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Winnebago Camper
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 18
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Lost power on some 110 outlets
My new 2017 31be has lost power to,some of the 110 outlets. I'm 800 miles from home and would like to get these up and running. So far I have pulled and checked every blade fuse and reset the breakers with no luck. KOA 30 amp box seems o.k. And there are no GFIs in this unit which I was surprised. Running on the generator only still does not supply current to these outlets. A few work but most are dead. Any ideas how I can get these up and running? Thanks.
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06-28-2017, 03:30 PM
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Winnebago Watcher
Join Date: Sep 2016
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Somewhere there is a GFCI. Look for it like you are looking for a $100 that was hidden. The manufacturer has in your case hidden one somewhere. Check around the kitchen area as this is where it should be.
Terry
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06-28-2017, 03:30 PM
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Winnie-Wise
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Sonoma County, CA
Posts: 429
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If the TV's don't work, check for tripped breaker(s) on the inverter. If no inverter there must be a GFI somewhere.
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08 Winnebago Destination 39W Gas UFO Workhorse Chassis
Making the Journey in our Destination
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06-28-2017, 03:31 PM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Jacksonville, Fl
Posts: 225
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A 2017 with no GFI outlets?? That seems wrong in so many ways... (no offense to YOU intended at all - if that's the way they built it that just seems wrong, especially in the bath and kitchen areas).
I suggest you take another stab and finding GFI outlets, and don't forget to look in the basement storage area. I've read where some folks (finally) found the tripped GFI that they never knew existed hiding in the basement.
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06-28-2017, 03:32 PM
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Winnebago Watcher
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 1
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You have a 2017 RV with no GFCI outlets??
You should have at least 1, I believe it's code!!
Check kitchen & bathroom again.
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06-28-2017, 03:33 PM
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Winnie-Wise
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 307
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I agree that it's most likely a GFI. They're not always easy to find but I would be shocked ( pardon the pun ) if you didn't have one. Look in the bathroom and kitchen. Also tell us which outlets aren't working.
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06-28-2017, 03:46 PM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Kamloops, BC, 60 miles from the Center of the Universe
Posts: 119
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Unplug from shore power, make sure the inverter is off, then pull the breaker panel cover plate off. Check all the connections to breakers to make sure one hasn't worked loose. It happens from vibrating down the road more often than you would think.
Happy Glamping.
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06-28-2017, 03:51 PM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: SoCal
Posts: 204
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Wiring diagrams for your unit shows a GFI outlet right near/above your load center (near the entrance door). It appears that the downstream outlets would include bathroom, galley (2), exterior entertainment center, exterior storage compartment (are they the ones that are dead?).
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06-28-2017, 10:30 PM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Seattle
Posts: 224
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Per today's electrical code you have a GIF somewhere. If you still haven't found it call Winnebago and provide your SN and VIN and they will talk you through a reset.
I have a GFI located in bin storage that caused a lack of power to my TV's. Winnebago helped me find the location.
Safe travels. JD
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2016 Winnebago Sightseer33C built on a 2016 F-53 Chassis
2009 Saturn Vue
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06-29-2017, 09:51 PM
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Winnebago Master
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: North America somewhere
Posts: 2,108
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 96Bounder1st
Somewhere there is a GFCI. Look for it like you are looking for a $100 that was hidden����. The manufacturer has in your case hidden one somewhere. Check around the kitchen area as this is where it should be.
Terry
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Some receptacles in our kitchen lost power right after we purchased the MH. Finally I found a GFCI receptacle in a cubby-hole with a roll-up door hiding it, the cubby-hole is designed for a coffee-maker.
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07-01-2017, 09:12 AM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oxford, Ma
Posts: 54
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I'm betting on a GFI also. We also lost some 110 plugs on our 15 36G while camping last yr and it was a GFI that was down floor level outside the bathroom door. I was looking everywhere and it was right there too but I was looking 6" off of the floor.
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2015 Itasca Solei 36G
Oxford, Ma USA
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07-01-2017, 09:21 AM
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Winnebago Camper
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Las Vegas NV.
Posts: 6
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My 17 Vista has a GFI just inside the entrance door above the load center. It's black so look closely. Also one on the front of the inverter. Fuses are for 12 volt. Breakers for 110 volt.
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2017 Winnebago Vista LX 35F. 5 Star Tune, CHF, Safe T Plus, 500 Watt Solar, Acme EZE Tow, 2014 Nissan Juke.
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07-01-2017, 09:40 AM
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Winnebago Camper
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 35
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If it is only some of your 110 outlets then it is most likely the breaker on the inverter itself. It is easy to overload that circuit and trip the breaker with a hairdryer, vacuum, ect. When it happened on ours I looked all over and could not find anything tripped. Just by chance I found the breaker on the inverter was tripped, reset it and everything worked fine again. It is hard to see but there is one on the inverter, or on a little box next to it.
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2014 Newmar Canyon Star 3610
Orange County, California
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07-03-2017, 09:58 AM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: SoCal
Posts: 204
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fcbbob15
My 17 Vista has a GFI just inside the entrance door above the load center. It's black so look closely. Also one on the front of the inverter. Fuses are for 12 volt. Breakers for 110 volt.
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That's exactly where the wiring diagrams for the OP's rig shows the GFI outlet.
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07-07-2017, 12:52 PM
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Winnebago Camper
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 36
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Our 2010 Journey has a GFI outlet in the bathroom. Mine is on the wall opposite the sink and without looking closely, you would not think it a GFI. I have had the mystery random outlets dead before.....GFI each time on our rig.
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07-07-2017, 08:14 PM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: SoCal
Posts: 204
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Sure would be nice if the OP returned with an update.
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09-21-2017, 12:29 AM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Redding, CA
Posts: 51
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We had that happen recently. We had a dickens of a time finding that GFI outlet. It was located in a plug that we rarely use at the end of the kitchen sink. We could find the one in the bathroom area (which was on an outlet near the floor) but the kitchen one really eluded us. It is a black outlet so it's hard to see anything on it. Also, there was no mention of it in our instruction book. I made a note in there where they are located for future use.
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2005 Winnebago Journey 39F
2013 Ford C-Max Energi
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09-21-2017, 10:56 AM
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Winnebago Watcher
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Posts: 2
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We had the same problem with our 2017. We have 2 GFI, one under the frig and the other in an outside compartment on the passenger side. Resetting always worked.
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09-22-2017, 04:59 AM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Posts: 108
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I'm shocked that the OP has not replied. I hope he wasn't !!! (shocked)
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09-22-2017, 06:21 PM
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Winnebago Watcher
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 2
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When that happened to me I eat, no one 10 for the TV, I discovered that one leg of the 220 power was dead. It was the fault of the RV park in that case. Another time I plugged in at home and it was just a bad connection and I had to reconnect.
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