dmp1991
RVF Regular
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- Apr 27, 2021
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I've got a 2021 DSDP. Just checked my control panel randomly, about a day after pulling into a new campground, and was alarmed to see it said line 2 was at only 8 volts. (That's not a typo. 8 volts!) Immediately checked the Power Watchdog and it said 120 volts on both line 1 and 2.
Both the wife and I panicked for a bit. Then the wife remembered she and I were discussing the engine block heater yesterday and we had agreed to turn off the breaker. It turned out turning that breaker on made the control panel show line 2 as 120 volts. Being gluttons for punishment, we turned that breaker off again and now the control panel had a flashing brown out warning and showed line 2 as again at 8 volts. We turned the breaker on again immediately and the control panel still showed the brown out warning and the 8 volts on line 2. I'm guessing there must be some sort of timer for that warning because after a few minutes of us arguing about what could be going on, then some thinking about it, the control panel went back to a reasonable number for line 2. 119 volts.
Is it normal for the control panel to monitor the output of the engine block breaker? If so, where is the 8 volts it's showing coming from? Is our breaker bad or is there a small short somewhere leaking 8 volts into that line?
Both the wife and I panicked for a bit. Then the wife remembered she and I were discussing the engine block heater yesterday and we had agreed to turn off the breaker. It turned out turning that breaker on made the control panel show line 2 as 120 volts. Being gluttons for punishment, we turned that breaker off again and now the control panel had a flashing brown out warning and showed line 2 as again at 8 volts. We turned the breaker on again immediately and the control panel still showed the brown out warning and the 8 volts on line 2. I'm guessing there must be some sort of timer for that warning because after a few minutes of us arguing about what could be going on, then some thinking about it, the control panel went back to a reasonable number for line 2. 119 volts.
Is it normal for the control panel to monitor the output of the engine block breaker? If so, where is the 8 volts it's showing coming from? Is our breaker bad or is there a small short somewhere leaking 8 volts into that line?