replace transfer switch with 50amp plug?
I have a friend who's on some hard times and living in an older HR pusher in a park. It sounds like his transfer switch has croaked. For a while he would lose power from the pole and it would on...
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time2roll wrote:
Nothing wrong with putting an outlet/connector on the generator that matches the main cord. Although you will probably be half way to the cost of a new switch by the time you do it properly.
+1 to unplug and inspect the existing switch before spending money.
For all we know the pedestal supply could be bad. Maybe have the RV park take a quick look before you go out there.
Initially he thought it was the park power. But his problems were intermittent.
It went from no power from the pole- then he got power to half his coach - then he switched to the generator and he had all power everywhere.
So the park moved his site (apparently the maintenance guy can't meter the pole)
This went on for a few weeks with intermittent success.
Finally, when the coach would not take power from the generator and when he called me to discuss it, we started to think it's the transfer switch.
SO i'm thinking at some point the TS was not fully switching both lines? That would explain the partial power, right?
And then it was not switching at all and defaulting to the generator?
And then it failed completely and created an open. ut i think we have a paln to get a new TS and I'l get up there in the next couple weeks to install it.
I love what a thorough discussion this forum has when you ask a question in January :-)
