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    Posted: 19 Jul 2014 at 1:24pm
Awesome.   Thanks a million.   I will do all those checks. Sounds like I may get away cheaper than I was thinking.   The water heater was not in ac mode.   The fridge was off but I'll check it anyways..   Thanks again. I will report back and let you know what I find.
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Spacemonkey,

One last caution: make sure the rewired connector on you house is wired correctly. It's easy to interchange the hot and neutral wires. Best to check with a meter or a plug-in circuit checker with a 30A to 15 A adapter before hooking up that neat Pod again.
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Thanks.   Will do. I've got a buddy who is an electrician. I'll be having him do it for me.
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Ok, so i pulled the converter out a few minutes ago.  It looks like at least one of the capacitors (i think thats what it is... a round almost c size battery looking thing) is swollen and split open.   I assume this means i need to go ahead and order another convertor.  Im not sure i really want to get into replacing stuff that is soldered onto the converter.   Im going to go ahead and order the upgrade you guys mentioned.

As for the fridge, i opened my panels and plugged in the fridge directly to a power cord, but could not get the thing to turn on.   It turns on when plugged into the trailer, but not when on a power cord.  I assume this is because the controls are 12 volt.  Any way to get it to come on plugged in directly?

 still cannot get my water pump working.  Im not sure why.  Perhaps it has something to do with the converter being bad.  I will try again once i get the new convertor installed.

Thanks again for all your help.

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Ryan, any chance of some photos of the converter?
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It does look like the converter is damaged. I might attempt a repair, but you might just fix one problem and run into the next. Go for the PD upgrade.

The fridge needs 12V in addition to 120V to run, even on shore power. If it runs on shore power when connected to the Pod I'd guess it's OK. The 120V stuff in the fridge is just a heater element and is rather tolerant to momentary over voltage exposure. I think you said the fridge was not set to AC when the incident occurred. The electronics, running on 12V are more sensitive, but they are also isolated from the AC line and protected by the battery.

On the pump, make sure the pump fuse in the power center is good. Check it with an ohmmeter. Maybe someone with your model Pod can tell us if there is another fuse inline near the pump. I'd really be surprised if over voltage on the AC line got the 12V pump.
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ok, here are some photos of the convertor.
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That large round thing next to the transformer appears to be a capacitor and it appears swollen. I'd say it's toast. Chances are the higher voltage also took some of the surrounding semiconductors.

FWIW there is a 5 Amp fuse, F1, below the two white rectangular devices (relays?). You could try replacing the capacitor and checking/replacing the fuse. However, if you're not experienced in electronic repair it's not worth it. Go with the PD.  
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yes the pump fuse is fine.   my battery may be weak too since the convertor isnt charging it.  Im getting some noise from it but it wont build up water pressure. 
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Yup... The capacitor has been over loaded.

You can replace the capacitor, but then you might be chasing the next issue.

Sorry... bad luck.
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