Several Electrical Problems

[mattyk23]

Hi,

I've recently purchased a 2004 Escape 17B. I'm having several electrical issues, which I will list:

-Range hood Fan, Range hood light, rear driver side reading light don't work (bulbs are good and wiring is intact)
- Furnace only works if trailer is plugged into AC power.
-But when the AC power is plugged in, the 30 amo realy switch trips every 5 seconds which shuts off all the power in the trailer for a split second.
-If I flip the fridge breaker off while plugged into AC power the 30 amp relay switch stops tripping.
- If I flip just the converter breaker off the relay switch doesn't trip anymore.

Has anyone heard of these problems on a esacpe before, I'm wondering if the convertor needsto be updated. it is a 6300 Parallax.

Thanks for any help, we are excited to start going camping soon, but can't until we sort out these problems.

Thanks,

Matt

[escape artist]

Hi: mattyk23... In your location I'd make a repair appt. and tow over to ETI and have the folks there take a look. Electrical problems can be so simple... yet so complex.
My bro-n-law found one side of his 35' 5th. wheel electrical circuit not working due to some minor corrosion around one wire in an external GFI outlet. Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie

[mattyk23]

Hi, I took your advice and brought it over to an Electrical repair place after spending 3 nights trying to figure out the problems myself. Turns out the previous owner hooked up the battery terminal backwards, which caused a whole slew of problems, including a blown relay switch in my Jeep. $522.00 later its as good as new. It was a little pricey but at least I can go camping now. Thx.