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15/5/2011 at 9:15pm
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Help we plugged in a heater in our old pennine pullman and it blow the electric. Does anyone know what could have happened and what we can do to fix it. Strange thing is the orange light on unit came on but nothing worked. Thanks any help would be great


15/5/2011 at 10:38pm
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You say it blew the electric,what exactly blew, was it a switch in your camper or was it the hookup post?
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15/5/2011 at 11:13pm
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Hiya, could be a few options.  Dont know much about your unit, but hopefully I can help with a diagnosis.

Firstly was there any smell to indicate a burning after it blew. 

Have you checked the fuses and replaced them, they should be normal blade (car) fuses bought online or any garage. 

Did you take the heater out and reset the onsite RCD and also reset your units RCD.  If this has not helped, then Consider a test at home by plugging your cable into your home supply and running through the tests.

 

Good luck with it



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16/5/2011 at 5:33pm
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There was no smell and one of the fuses flew out of its socket. But we plugged a normal hookup on to the same hookup post and that worked. I think it is just a fuse. But how can you plug it in at home it is a different connection. Thanks for your help though. X


16/5/2011 at 5:52pm
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I bought a blue EHU connector and simply wired it to a household mains plugs - that was so we could run our previous caravan fridge on the driveway - but it allows you to connect an EHU to the household mains.


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16/5/2011 at 6:44pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Cheekilee on 16/5/2011
There was no smell and one of the fuses flew out of its socket. But we plugged a normal hookup on to the same hookup post and that worked. I think it is just a fuse. But how can you plug it in at home it is a different connection. Thanks for your help though. X

you can buy a connection socket to test the cable, but based on your fuse deciding to fly out, it may well be a fuse problem or overload.   Also using a heater whilst using a kettle for example overloads the electrics and either blows the fuses or the RCD or the site RCD.   Re-fuse and try again.  If you are looking for a socket to connect to your EHU cable, most suppliers will sell them  around three quid.

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17/5/2011 at 3:56pm
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17/5/2011 at 4:06pm
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to plug in at home it's this type you need

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19/5/2011 at 11:49pm
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how have you got on?

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