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Originally Posted by Jesse Lee
Well, I do have a conclusion to this post from way back. It was not the connection to the converter or at least I don't believe it was.
I called the dealership that sold the intelepower converter. They tested the converter and it had indeed failed. They issued me a new one and sent my failed converter back to the manufacturer. I installed the new one, being very mindful of not to under or over tighten and all was right with the world, everything electric worked.
Now fast forward to this years camping season.
I fired everything up, everything was working and then, bam, everything went dark again. This time no grounding issue or nothing caused the outage. It just went dark. So, I did what I knew how to do at that point of frustration, I panicked.
I could not understand why this would go out again. I checked every connection. Re tightened and cleaned all my connections to the converter and began to dig for more wire endings. I then noticed one main set of wires going back to the bumper. I went outside to access the bumper hatch and to inspect the 30 amp plug outside. It all seemed fine. Then I saw some strange bolt connected to the outside of the bumper. I pushed on it with my finger and heard a faint snapping sound. I did it again, and to my complete and utter amazement the thing lite up like a Metallica concert! IT WAS A FAULTY BUMPER GROUND the whole time! I was clueless about this wire ending. Never read a stitch about it in the forums. Could not believe I cracked the code and it all had to do with a hidden ground wire in the bumper. Are all Airstreams and Argosy's grounded this way? Pretty cool to discover this on my own. A personal Argosy success story I completely forgot to post and share. Thanks for all the help
Karl (using the account my wife Jess Lee set up for us)
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Below is a photo of the main frame
12 volt ground wire on my 2007 Safari, which is located on the main frame in the front streetside near the spare tire. If you have electrical problems, for example flickering lights, or intermittent electrical problems, you might like to check this ground connection. It sometimes becomes loose or gets corroded. Unscrew the connection and brush the wire until it is shiny and reconnect.
Additional information with another photo of the main frame ground connection:
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