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Hey guys, new owner of a 2006 Born Free RSB here. All of my 110 Volt outlets work when plugged in except my back bedroom outlet above my TV situated in an overhead storage compartment. All my breakers are fine and fuses check out, any ideas?

Mike

Mike,
In my 2005 RSB that OEM outlet is wired to the GFCI breaker labeled 'Outlets' - as you'd expect. It's very likely a previous owner chose to wire this particular outlet to an after market inverter. Is there an inverter that wasn't turned on when you checked? Is there clues that an inverter has been removed?

Does the AC outlet in the TV cabinet on the other side of the refrigerator work ok? (Seems logical that they might have wired both TV outlets the same way.) I'm guessing the wiring for these were routed alongside the the roll bar that crosses the ceiling in that area.

Assuming you have a VOM meter and can safely use it to check voltage and continuity, remove and check the outlet for proper connections and continuity. With the outlet pulled away from the wall begin looking for where the wire is routed from.

Look behind the distribution panel for clues to previous changes to the wiring. Hope this gives you some clues. - Mike

Thanks for the tips, there is no evidence that this outlet was ever hooked up to an inverter, and all the other outlets on that circuit work. I unscrewed the outlet and all the wires appear good. My only other thought is that the outlet is bad, I'll try replacing it asap.

It may be that the hookup to the outlet at the other end may be disconnected for some reason - that connection should be somewhere behinds the AC circuit breakers in your power panel.

I replaced my Panel/Converter. When I replaced it I eliminated the GFI because I've always found them a pain in RVs. However if only one outlet is down I would check the wiring.

I found a number of ganged wires, both at the breaker (the hot side) and and on the white side (return side). It is easy to have a poor connection; there's a lot of vibration in an RV.

At least in my case I found the wiring of our existing panel a jungle and poorly done (it was 26 years old). By replacing it I ended up with more breakers allowing an individual breaker for each circuit. I also eliminated all cases where wires were twisted together.