I lost my 12v converter in my 05
Scamp 5vr.
The last few weeks before it went out, while plugged into shore power the 12v
lights were pulsing(bright-dim-bright-dim) and finally last Sunday the 12v system went out completely. I do not get the pulse affect while running on battery only and all 12v items work good wile on battery.
Scamp wants $160 for the unit(American Enterprises CS2000XL), the manufacturer sells them direct for $95 so I bought one off Ebay brand new for $58 total including shipping.
Oh and by the way, I was trying to figure out why
Scamp wants so much for the converter so I called them and asked if it came with the circuit breakers and sure enough
it didn't.
I received the new converter today and it did seem new although it must have been sitting around in a warehouse for a while because it had a 9/03 manufacturer date.
I replaced it this evening and everything seems to be good, although I have not yet checked all the 12v devices it runs.
I think Pete
has an excellent idea just adding a 12v charger/maintainer of some kind tied into the existing 12v backbone.
I believe that is what I will do if I loose another converter.
Blair