On board sub meter
Been in the process of attempting to install an 'on board sub meter'. What's that you say? Well, we tend to move around a bit as full timers and I'd like to be able to monitor my power consumption wherever I land. Some locations have meters... but others don't. Rather than setting up a meter everywhere I go, I'd like to have one onboard that goes with me.
Here's my set up. Power comes off both sides of my main power source panel at the house to a 50 amp RV outlet. My power cord is 30amp so I adapt it down to my 30amp 3 wire cord. At my RV power is adapted back up to 4 wire 50amp cord that runs into the meter that is mounted in my 'utility' cargo bay. Red and black hot wires run to the terminals for receiving the meter while green and white pass through the meter box uninterrupted.
I've wired power to my breaker box with red and black hot wires to each side, white neutral to its bar and green ground to its bar. However, the meter doesn't spin to indicate power usage.
Don't believe my wiring is faulty. Power flows through the meter as everything in the RV functions properly. Guy who sold me the meter is reputable Ebay vendor. This is the second meter I've tried. The first one was all digital and we thought something may have gone wrong with the meter so he send me a mechanical replacement... same story. Power flows, RV lights up but no meter reading.
So, any thoughts out there? Thanks much for your help.
Here's my set up. Power comes off both sides of my main power source panel at the house to a 50 amp RV outlet. My power cord is 30amp so I adapt it down to my 30amp 3 wire cord. At my RV power is adapted back up to 4 wire 50amp cord that runs into the meter that is mounted in my 'utility' cargo bay. Red and black hot wires run to the terminals for receiving the meter while green and white pass through the meter box uninterrupted.
I've wired power to my breaker box with red and black hot wires to each side, white neutral to its bar and green ground to its bar. However, the meter doesn't spin to indicate power usage.
Don't believe my wiring is faulty. Power flows through the meter as everything in the RV functions properly. Guy who sold me the meter is reputable Ebay vendor. This is the second meter I've tried. The first one was all digital and we thought something may have gone wrong with the meter so he send me a mechanical replacement... same story. Power flows, RV lights up but no meter reading.
So, any thoughts out there? Thanks much for your help.
