by Brenda N Smith
(Yuma AZ)
We were installing a Digital Converter Box to the Video Switch Box in my Windsport Motorhome and after getting it all set up a fuse blew and now the Video Switch Box doesn't work. We checked the fuse panel in the bedroom and under the dash, and they both seemed okay ... how do I find which fuse is blown ... is there a general method to the madness of which fuses are for which areas?
I'm guessing that the fuses under the hood of the motorhome are for head and tail lights and things of this nature, but have no clue as to what the fuses under the dash operate or for that matter what most of them under the bed operate. How would I go about getting a diagrahm or schematic showing what each fuse function is and can you possibly tell me where the fuse that operates the Video Switch Box might be? Thank you for you time ...
Brenda
ANSWER Greetings Brenda thanks for submitting your question on our Ask An RV Question Page.
It sounds like you have blown a circuit breaker or tripped a GFCI outlets. Fuses are for the 12 volt system of your RV, the 120 volt system in your RV uses circuit breakers (just like the ones in your house) and some RVs also have GFCI outlet. Normally a video switch box plugs into a 120 volt outlet just like the Digital TV Converter Box.
The first thing I would check is to see if you have tripped one of your GFCI outlets. A GFCI outlet looks just like a normal electrical outlet except that it has two buttons on it and acts like a circuit breaker when there is a ground fault in the electrical system in the RV. When this GFCI outlet trips it also shuts down other electrical outlets in the RV. Normally these GFCI outlets are located in the bathroom, or kitchen area of the RV, but they can also be located in another part of the RV.
Look around the RV and see if any of these outlets are blown. The GFCI outlet has two buttons one is a test button and the other is the reset button. Make
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