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Post by vwstyle on Sept 5, 2012 20:57:38 GMT 10
Hi I'm new here....My wife & i have purchased a Travel Home Deluxe in fairly good original condition. I have a question regarding power, i pluged in the 15 amp 240 lead hopeing that the light s would work & to check the fridge but no power Any suggestions? Regards Paul
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2012 21:36:43 GMT 10
Make sure the caravan end has gone all the way in(Its on an angle)and also your van should have a mains switch inside usually hidden in an upper cupboard over the kitchen. Cheers hughdeani ps if its a gas electric frig its silent,doesnt get cold for a few hours.
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Post by vwstyle on Sept 6, 2012 17:15:35 GMT 10
Thanks for the reply.. I should have said that the van is a 1966 model... I first thought that there should be a switch but it dosn't have one.. I havn't checked to see if it operates on 12v yet, the 240v globes look ok.. Cheers
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Post by Franklin1 on Sept 6, 2012 22:33:01 GMT 10
G'day vwstyle,
Could it be something as simple as the electrical lead having the new-style plug on the end with the plastic shroud, and you are trying to insert that into the old-style power inlet on the van? The two styles are not compatible, and you won't be able to push the plug into the socket far enough to make contact.
If that's not the case, I'd be plugging a drill into the end of the lead and checking you've got power at that end, and then plugging the lead into the van and going inside the van and plugging the drill into a few different power points and seeing if you're getting power to all those places. If it's "ok" at the end of the lead, but "no" at all the power points, then you've probably got a wire loose/broken at the back of the inlet socket.
If it's "ok" at some power points but "no" at others, the wiring feeding the "no" power points has come adrift somewhere in the wall cavity.
If all power points are "ok" but the lights are "no", then the lighting cable has come adrift somewhere.
The bottom line is it's a matter of methodically working your way through the system to see what, if anything, is working or not.
cheers, Al.
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