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Whether this belongs in another forum, I'll let you decide. I have a 2003 Windsor that I bought a couple years ago. I'm currently using it full-time for work purposes away from home and I have an interesting electrical issue that cropped up today. First, a little background. I've been having electric issues for some time. The generator used to be able to power everything, but now it runs and doesn't power anything at all. I'm guessing it's something to do with the IOTA ATS. Haven't had the money to replace that although I know it's bad. It's on my to do list. Tonight, I was attempting to use the Sharp Convection/Microwave in Convection mode to cook my chow. It ran for approx. 30 seconds then died. It seems to have taken all the electric sockets on the curbside slide, out. Lights work on that side but that's it. Also, it seems to have shut down the rear roof A/C but the front roof A/C is still working. Further, the panel showing the AC power is dark. The DC power is working. (SEE PIC. THE ONE UP TOP IS THE AC DISPLAY and although is seems to read 119.9, it is dark.) The plugs in front above the driver, where I have a DVD player and a flatscreen LED TV mounted are also inoperative. However, all the plugs on the road side slide out are working. I have checked all breakers in the bedroom. Each breaker has been cycled OFF and back ON. I also pulled each of the various DC fuses next to the breaker boxes, and found none blown. I have tried to find a GFCI outlet somewhere but there isn't one anywhere that I can find. I have disconnected shore power, turned off the inverter, and turned off the battery switches, then turned everything back on in reverse. No joy. I can hear a high frequency noise from the inverter so that seems to be working although I will admit the possibility that this means nothing. I have cycled the power switch by the front door several times. Things pop off and on so I don't think that's it. The shore power breakers at the pedestal have been checked and cycled as well. No effect. I am at a loss and have taken this about as far as my detective skills allow me. I've tried to be as descriptive as I possibly can but might have missed something. Ideas? Solutions? I'll entertain just about any reasonable solution except arson. I need to live in it for the next few years. Thanks in advance.

Well, it looks like it is going to be the relay. Decided to sit by the doorway and manipulate the switch repeatedly, again. I guess it worked. Got lights and A/C again. I'll still post a pic of the compartment so someone can assist me in finding the culprit and thereby eliminate it with extreme prejudice. Later

I am planning on replacing the IOTA with the ESCO, or similar. I've seen a few LPT50BRD's, from several different manufacturers. I've tried the Generator circuit breaker with no effect. I've got the XANTREX and it has a breaker on the front. Pressed it, no change. I can hear a very high pitched sound when near it so I believe it too is working. I also just found that absolutely NO LIGHTING within the coach is working. Just about everything else is. Except for the A/C. Looks like I'm going to try and bypass the relay in the morning. I'm getting too tired to do it tonight and don't want to tick off my neighbors in the park. Not very nice to do midnight RV repair whilst they're trying to sleep. Especially since I am quite vocal while working on things. Waking up to one's neighbor cussing like a drunken sailor, they'd probably just end up calling the PoPo on me. I'll post a pic of the offending compartment in the morning so that maybe someone can tell me exactly which relay is which.

I was wondering if this ever got solved? I'm sitting here right now, in my MH (2003 Windsor 40DST) and I'm having a similar problem. I do have electrical systems working, and also not working. What appears right now to be the ONLY systems not working are interior roof lights and both Air Conditioners. That being said, this coach does have some other electrical issues that appear to possibly be related to the ATS. It's an IOTA 50 and I am having an RV Tech come and look at it sometime after the 14th. Generator runs but it won't power bupkis. Now, back to the current problem (no pun intended). When I came back to the MH this evening I accidentally hit two switches climbing aboard. First the light switch, and VIOLA! All the inside lights came on as advertised. Next up, and don't ask me how this happened because I do not know, my backpack managed to press the BATTERY CUT-OFF SWITCH just inside the door, and shut everything hooked up to it, off, including the interior roof lights. I re-engaged that switch and nothing came back on. My wall receptacles work (I have a fan in front of me and this computer is also plugged in and working). So nothing with those systems. My microwave is flashing in it's I LOST POWER STUPID mode and my coffee maker is letting me know the power has been interrupted. At least that very important appliance is operational, as in the Fridge. I'm sitting here, in the dark except for my railroad lantern, typing on the computer and trying not to sweat to death. Trying to sleep tonight without the A/C is going to be interesting. I've turned off every breaker I can find, rotated both main battery switches off, cut power via the breakers on the pedestal outside, and turned everything back on. NADA. ZIP. ZILCH. Full stop. I've turned off and on (lather, rinse, repeat, repeatedly) that battery cut-off switch but nothing is coming on. Am I looking at a salesman's relay that has decided now would be a good time to give up it's ghost? Or something else? I don't have enough electrical knowledge of this MH to go testing, even if I had my test equipment with me. I can work on cars but this MH is way beyond my capability if I have to start trying to avoid electrocution. All that said, if I can find the relay in question, I can bypass that nasty little bugger easily enough. Thanks for reading and let me know what y'all think.

Watching this thread anxiously. I've also got an annoying loud "whistling" noise. Not so much vehicle speed related but definitely wind speed related. I'll have to look at the door awning because I am not thinking tires at all. Will have to give the pipe insulation trick a try because I can't find the source at all.