campground liability
Need advice.Camped for the summer in our 1999 Damon Intruder motorhome at a older small seasonal park. RV in mint condition and never had electrical problems. After a storm and standing water near pow...
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There was no rental agreement. This is an old seasonal campground, very small with no rules.
Someone posted why had we not been working on this problem from the first. We were on it from day one .The first time it happened it was the converter that went out. Plus all the small appliances. Replaced converter and checked all electric. Everything was ok. Second time it happened two weeks later converter got fried plus all the new appliances. Replaced converter and everything again. Checked all electric at pedestal and in rv and everything was ok. First two times there was a heavy rain with standing water. Also pedestal has a tree right next to it and we thought it might have something to do with the tree roots. Plugged into neighbors pedestal that was on same loop and everything was fine.Third time was 2 weeks later again, no rain, daylight and converter was ok but there was the open neutral with the voltage on one side of rv at 195 and other side at 120. GFIs were all checked, power cord etc. This is when we called in yet another rv service man who persuaded campground owner to call electrician. Breaker was replaced in pedestal, meter replaced along with plug. It was then that transfer switch went out.So we are trying to figure out cause and everyone has different ideas. There was no lightening at all in the first two storms that involved standing water and heavy rains. In the third incidence the power was surging and went down to half when appliances were used which is how we caught the problem. Now today we find out that two converters near us on same loop have gone out. Coincidence or electrical problem? Our RV frig also died shortly after this and sound on tv went out. This is a great park except for this one problem. Owner is very elderly and wants us to pay for the electrician now and is not willing to talk about it and does not understand the electric issues anyway. We want to be able to stay here every summer and just want to make peace and do what is right. If it is our problem then ok we will pay but as a campground the cost of the electrician is an operating cost and can be used on taxes.
Someone posted why had we not been working on this problem from the first. We were on it from day one .The first time it happened it was the converter that went out. Plus all the small appliances. Replaced converter and checked all electric. Everything was ok. Second time it happened two weeks later converter got fried plus all the new appliances. Replaced converter and everything again. Checked all electric at pedestal and in rv and everything was ok. First two times there was a heavy rain with standing water. Also pedestal has a tree right next to it and we thought it might have something to do with the tree roots. Plugged into neighbors pedestal that was on same loop and everything was fine.Third time was 2 weeks later again, no rain, daylight and converter was ok but there was the open neutral with the voltage on one side of rv at 195 and other side at 120. GFIs were all checked, power cord etc. This is when we called in yet another rv service man who persuaded campground owner to call electrician. Breaker was replaced in pedestal, meter replaced along with plug. It was then that transfer switch went out.So we are trying to figure out cause and everyone has different ideas. There was no lightening at all in the first two storms that involved standing water and heavy rains. In the third incidence the power was surging and went down to half when appliances were used which is how we caught the problem. Now today we find out that two converters near us on same loop have gone out. Coincidence or electrical problem? Our RV frig also died shortly after this and sound on tv went out. This is a great park except for this one problem. Owner is very elderly and wants us to pay for the electrician now and is not willing to talk about it and does not understand the electric issues anyway. We want to be able to stay here every summer and just want to make peace and do what is right. If it is our problem then ok we will pay but as a campground the cost of the electrician is an operating cost and can be used on taxes.
