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    HELP Needed

    We have a 2019 Solitude 377MBS. Got home and my wife had plugged our unit into a 15amp circuit In the driveway area. Saw it plugged in when I got home and asked her what was up and she said you wanted to cool it down so she could load some stuff and turned on one air conditioner. Needless to say when I went in the trailer everything was off.

    Checked the breakers and nothing was tripped. Reset the main breaker anyway and some of the power came back (lights). But the plugs and the fridge are not working. Checked fuses and they all look fine.
    Any ideas?

    Thanks!
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    When you say you checked the breakers do you mean the house ones? Usually a house breaker or gfi will trip trying to run the air.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Laidback1 View Post
    We have a 2019 Solitude 377MBS. Got home and my wife had plugged our unit into a 15amp circuit In the driveway area. Saw it plugged in when I got home and asked her what was up and she said you wanted to cool it down so she could load some stuff and turned on one air conditioner. Needless to say when I went in the trailer everything was off.

    Checked the breakers and nothing was tripped. Reset the main breaker anyway and some of the power came back (lights). But the plugs and the fridge are not working. Checked fuses and they all look fine.
    Any ideas?

    Thanks!
    Did you check that the house outlet is still providing power? (Might not be a fuse--could be a GFCI if it has one in that circuit.)

    If the house outlet is good (you plug something in and it turns on) how did you connect the 50A cord to it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by howson View Post
    Did you check that the house outlet is still providing power? (Might not be a fuse--could be a GFCI if it has one in that circuit.)

    If the house outlet is good (you plug something in and it turns on) how did you connect the 50A cord to it?
    Where is the GFCI Reset?
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    As Justa5th said, check the breaker in your house that supplies power to the receptacle she plugged into.

    Lights in the trailer work off your 12 volt trailer battery so they will work even if you’re not plugged into the house receptacle.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Laidback1 View Post
    Where is the GFCI Reset?
    Look at your outlets inside your house. GFCI will have a couple of buttons in the middle. They are usually located in kitchen and bathroom. Could also be in garage. You have to check and see which one is tripped. They are multiple outlets on a “string” with one GFCI. Also check your house circuit breaker panel. Sometimes it is easy to overlook a tripod breaker.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Laidback1 View Post
    Where is the GFCI Reset?
    You should have an outlet like this in your garage (or on the same power circuit where you plugged in the extension cord). Note it has a RESET (top button on mine) and TEST. If you push TEST it will "pop" the GFCI and you'll need to push the RESET.

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    Justa5,
    You’re correct it was the breaker in house panel that tripped so the trailer was not getting any power. Misread your post the first time and then JerryR pointed me back to it.

    Thanks folks!
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    Quote Originally Posted by howson View Post
    You should have an outlet like this in your garage (or on the same power circuit where you plugged in the extension cord). Note it has a RESET (top button on mine) and TEST. If you push TEST it will "pop" the GFCI and you'll need to push the RESET.

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    Thanks. LOL after I posted that I thought “dumba$$” you know what a GFCI reset is...”.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Laidback1 View Post
    Justa5,
    You’re correct it was the breaker in house panel that tripped so the trailer was not getting any power. Misread your post the first time and then JerryR pointed me back to it.

    Thanks folks!
    Bet you’re relieved!

    Here’s a suggestion if you want to run your RV ac units at home.

    This is what I do. If you have a 4-wire Electric dryer outlet, with an adaptor you can run both ac units.

    I use this adaptor plugged into my 4-wire 14-30P dryer outlet the plug my RV 50 amp 14-50R cord into it. It’s safe to use because if you draw more than 30 amps per leg the dryer breaker will trip. With both ac units running I don’t exceed 20 amps on either leg.

    https://www.amazon.com/AC-WORKS-Elec...dp/B06WGRK4DN/

    It will not work if you have an older 3-wire dryer outlet since that outlet is missing a neutral.

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