halonut Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I just bought an '87 Dolphin & know nothing about RV's in general or this one in particular. The generator fires up and runs fine but I have no 110 power in the coach. The fridge & Micro don't work and I even tried plugging in a clock & nothing. Is there a switch/fuse/connection that I should be looking at to get the 110 power in the coach? To compound problems I don't have access to the outside panels and have to have them re-keyed. Oh, and one last item. It's a 4 cyl 22RE auto & the overdrive doesn't work. Any ideas or common causes? (the light doesn't come on & it doesn't engage). I appreciate all your help & am really grateful for this forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maineah Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Dumb question but is it plugged in? In the shore power compartment there is a socket that goes to the generator and the shore power cord plugs into it in order to get power from the generator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halonut Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 not a dumb question at all. i just got keys made for all the panels today (prev owner lost them) i'll check it out. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmtoy Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 I have the same problem on my 87 sunrader, Just got it gen set starts and runs but no power in camper. I cant find a place to plug in shore power , any ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maineah Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Should be some where near your power cord the ideal being that you can run your generator while you are on the road so you'll have no cord outside the coach flapping in the wind. I am assuming yours has a built in gen set. should be a 30 amp socket mine is fairly well hidden inside the door for the power cord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmtoy Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I found the land line or shore power cord it was in a small compartment in the middle of the camper on the drivers side. I looked in there and all over and I cant find a place to plug it in. In this compartment there is a box and it says power supply on it it has a door but there are all wires inside. The wire from the generator goes to that box a wire comes out of the box to the main circut breaker and fuse box and the other wire coming out of the box is the shore power cord. I can not fine any place to plug in do you think the generator is hard wired somehow and there is no plug. I still dont get power when the gen runs. I found a switch or breaker on the gen I tried it in both positions and nothing. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmtoy Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I found out that the gen was running to slow to produce power. I increased rpms and power came on. Also the box is a auto switch when gen produces it takes over and switches out landline and dc. thanks for the help. mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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