No Auto electrician will touch it.....

We have a setup in our camper that has 240V and 12V and with all the vibration of corrugated roads the box " thingy" has stoped working and an auto electrician wont touch it because it has 240V.

We went to a sparky and he wasn't interested either.

Originally "a mate" did it and he is long gone (thank goodness as everything he did for us now doesn't work!!)

At the moment the only way we can charge the battery is with a battery charger at home.
(The Anderson plug from the car dosen't work either.)

Is there something off the shelf that can be fitted that when it sh!ts it's self we can just replace it??


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Auto-Sparkys are not allowed to touch anything 240v as we are not qualified to work with it.. Do you know what the system was originally designed to do? Charge the bat from the car and 240v ect?

My god...... What a bloody mess.

If you feel like towing it out here I'd re-do it all for ya with a damn site more care than the last one did.

I build custom stuff for 4x4's & farm equipment all the time & my work sticks.

Out side of that, get in touch with a camper builder & as they would more than likely have it all bolt in & therefor replaceable

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Originally Posted by big_fletch

Auto-Sparkys are not allowed to touch anything 240v as we are not qualified to work with it.. Do you know what the system was originally designed to do? Charge the bat from the car and 240v ect?

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The system was suppose to run the 12v lights (which it still does) and if we wanted to go into a caravan park with a powered site hook up to 240v to charge the battery.
The Anderson plug from the car is suppose to charge the battery as well.

NOW all that works it 12v lights if we charge the battey at home!!

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Originally Posted by patch697

My god...... What a bloody mess.

If you feel like towing it out here I'd re-do it all for ya with a damn site more care than the last one did.

I build custom stuff for 4x4's & farm equipment all the time & my work sticks.

Out side of that, get in touch with a camper builder & as they would more than likely have it all bolt in & therefor replaceable

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Thanks Patch
I had thought of a camper builder but there is no one local that I can ask and as you can see I need someone to work through the spagetti and no one wants to put their hand up.

A nite mare in that needs unravelling

sorry for ya snicko

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Originally Posted by snicko

The system was suppose to run the 12v lights (which it still does) and if we wanted to go into a caravan park with a powered site hook up to 240v to charge the battery.
The Anderson plug from the car is suppose to charge the battery as well.

NOW all that works it 12v lights if we charge the battey at home!!

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Oh ok then, so all the 240 did was charge the battery? There are a few ways around it, at work i would rewire the 12v side completly from lights to Anderson plugs.. With the 240v, you could just mount a 240v Charger and plug an Extension lead in from your powered site.. I have done this several times for customers and makes the system very simple.. This also keeps the 240 and 12v system seperate so if the 240 fails the 12v will still work through the anderson Plug and off the battery.. We install the Ctek chargers normally as have never had a problem with them and they will charge any type of battery
http://www.ctekbatterychargers.com.a...-xs-15000.html
X2 with Patch, If your ever around my way i would also be happy to have a look and work something out for you

Fletcha

Looks like a lot of fun. S N I C K O not wishbi could put my hand up but ur a bit far away sorry

It looks like the 240 volt circuit breaker (shown in your photo "looking directly down" ) may have tripped.

Also the 240 volt charging unit should have a fuse in it, you could try checking this.

My father had to change his (240 volt charger), in his motor home about 2 years ago. He was told by the company that he bought it from, that it was fairly common for the cheaper units to fail due to power surges in caravan parks.

With the 12 volt side if your anderson plug on your vehicle is working, then it can only be a bad connection in the 12 volt wiring in the trailer or a blown fuse.

I would start by checking all fuses, I can see two inline fuse holder in your second photo and what looks like a 12 volt circuit breaker

Good luck with it.

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Originally Posted by Yendor

It looks like the 240 volt circuit breaker (shown in your photo "looking directly down" ) may have tripped.

Also the 240 volt charging unit should have a fuse in it, you could try checking this.

My father had to change his, in his motor home about 2 years ago. He was told by the company that he bought it from, that it was fairly common for the cheaper units to fail due to power surges in caravan parks.

With the 12 volt side if your anderson plug on your vehicle is working, then it can only be a bad connection in the 12 volt wiring in the trailer or a blown fuse.

I would start by checking all fuses, I can see two inline fuse holder in your second photo and what looks like a 12 volt circuit breaker

Good luck with it.

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Thanks Yendor

Hubby has checked a few fuses and we had someone check something with guages and he said the " box thingy" was not working.
The anderson plug from the car does not work either.

I will have a go and check what ever comes apart tomorrow as hubby is away for the weekend!!