Electrical burning smell

[brianmotox5]

All of the sudden I walked into my torque fifth wheel and the entire trailer smells like burning electrical and full of smoke, however, everything works fine, and I can’t find a short anywhere!anyone else deal with this?

 

[david-steph2018]

Secure the power to the rig and start checking it from the shore power cable thru the unit.

 

[Dahillbilly]

you have a wiring problem for sure I'd start looking at the outlets where something was plugged in then the breaker panel by removing the panel cover & checking connections. Make sure all of the 110vac is OFF. It could even be wiring inside a wall I've heard of screw going though the Nomex wire causing overheating without tripping the breaker. Good luck.

 

[RoadJunkie]

I would advise doing an extensive search, reaching all areas of your coach, to look for signs of melting wires or burn scars. You didn't indicate if you're hooked to shore power but, if so, you can isolate areas by turning off breakers to identify a culprit. The same is true for fuses on the 12 Vdc side. I wouldn't advise ignoring this because everything seems to be currently working. By the way, we had a microwave that just spontaneously started billowing smoke out the door. Glad we were there to shut things down.

 

[jhardin]

I had the same problem and it was the transfer box. Loose and cross threaded connection's from factory.