Power Converter

[ERIC RAMOS]

I Recently Purchased A 1997 Jayco 1207. When I Plug In, The Power Converter Makes A Loud Buzzing Sound, No Power And Eventually Trips Circuit Breaker. I Opened The Converter And The Sound Is Coming From The Circuit Breaker. Any Help Would Be Appreciated.

Thanks!

[wavery]

I Recently Purchased A 1997 Jayco 1207. When I Plug In, The Power Converter Makes A Loud Buzzing Sound, No Power And Eventually Trips Circuit Breaker. I Opened The Converter And The Sound Is Coming From The Circuit Breaker. Any Help Would Be Appreciated.

Thanks!

Sounds like you have a short somewhere. How many circuit brkrs do you have and how many amps each?

What 110v items do you have in the camper? Do you have A/C?

[Rwethereyet]

I Recently Purchased A 1997 Jayco 1207. When I Plug In, The Power Converter Makes A Loud Buzzing Sound, No Power And Eventually Trips Circuit Breaker. I Opened The Converter And The Sound Is Coming From The Circuit Breaker. Any Help Would Be Appreciated.

Thanks!

Hey Eric, I had the same problem this year with my 94 Jayco. I suspect I shorted it out when I accidentally overfilled my water tank and had some water run out of the campartment. ( My only design complaint so far with Jayco, what hack engineer decided that they should put the water tank and the electrical system in the same area.) Anyway I am hoping that a winter of non use will dry it out. You may have had the same problem as me.

If you discover something different, let me know so I can tear this thing apart before the season starts.

[bobkat35]

Same problem on design in the Starcraft models.

[jakelaw]

Same problem on design in the Starcraft models.

Bob, which Starcraft models?  My water tank is nowhere near the electrical.

[mike4947]

This happens with trailer with the small 10 gallon tanks that are under a dinette seat. Since the "utilities" are going to the street side of a trailer that means the converter, which is usually in the side wall of a dinette ends up in the same dinette seat as the small water tank.

[wavery]

This happens with trailer with the small 10 gallon tanks that are under a dinette seat. Since the "utilities" are going to the street side of a trailer that means the converter, which is usually in the side wall of a dinette ends up in the same dinette seat as the small water tank.

We have the opposite problem in our Coleman PU. They built a huge protective locker around the converter. It takes up 3 times as much space than it really needs. I have been thinking about removing the barrier that the built around the thing to create more storage in that locker. However, after reading this thread, I understand better why they protected the thing so well.