Electric Socket Problem ....help please (1 Viewer)

[Bulawayo Lass]

Electrical problem any hints to help please :-(
Am at July braai on EHU. We had a couple of sudden EHU off when some one disconnected the supply (tripped over the cable)
The fridge is working fine on EHU
None of the sockets working EHU
Cooker sparker working fine on EHU
Sockets all work when inverter on
All 3 main fuses on box up
The little square what l call car fuses on the main box none say 240 on them all 10 or 12 volt
Is Autotrail Cheyene 696g 2007 model
Hints on where to start checking please

 

[Barclaybasher]

Not sure why only the sockets are not working.

Whenever something goes wrong I always go to the last thing that happened - somebody tripped over your hook up cable.

Could the cable or connections be damaged?

Try unplugging/ plugging back in both ends of cable

Try a different supply socket

Try another EHU lead (borrow one) - one that you know is working

Sorry can't be more help

Vic

 

[Bulawayo Lass]

Will do vic but even so not sure why fridge is still working on ehu if it is those.

Another thing on electrical side of the cooker the orange light has very faint glow if l turn the cooker (electric) on it goes off

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[Barclaybasher]

Fridge might have switched automatically to gas or 12v

 

[Barclaybasher]

Still think its the cable - or supply - could that have tripped?

 

[Bulawayo Lass]

Ta will check when all up so l can mess around with cables

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[PP Bear]

I'm with Burstner on this one. If all the mains relays are up but no sockets are working, then the fridge has switched over to keep working and you're not getting any power into the van.

Did you try the RCB and see if it trips all the breakers out? If it doesn't, defo no power. Should imagine that it would take quite a tug to pull an EHU cable out of its socket, think I'd be looking to see if any wires were pulled at all.

Remember to disconnect from the mains before looking at anything electrical

 

[DavidG58]

I agree with above, either the RCB inside the van has tripped or the trip at the post

If not then the cable is most likely

Another clue might be to check the battery voltage, if on hook up this will up over 13V if not charging will probably be 12.5 or lower (presumes you do not have a solar panel of course)

Don't know your controller, ours has a symbol to confirm hook up is live, some have a light

 

[Bulawayo Lass]

Update thanks for all problem solved 2 of us have managed a seperate run with 3 leads to a bollard and everything works so was low voltage...many thanks for the help

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[MikeD]

Have a look at the control panel (above the door on my tracker) and if you have 240v in the van it should say "on or AC"

If that is missing then I suspect you have a damaged cable.

 

[Wildman]

check the connections at each end of your EHU cable if they are fine then the cable itself is broken someplace and maybe still touching a strand or two. A cable tracker will find the break and then the cable could be shortened to that point.
you might even be able to feel a warm spot along the cable. He who tripped should buy a new cable for you.