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- The 20a outlet looked like it was scorched and the 30a outlet did also. I wouldn't have hooked up my RV or vehicle to that pedestal without checking it out first.
- Moved from Tech Issues to General RVing Issues
toedtoes wrote:
The 20a outlet looked like it was scorched and the 30a outlet did also. I wouldn't have hooked up my RV or vehicle to that pedestal without checking it out first.
Actually it looked like most of the older campgrounds and RV parks I have been to.- Using the 30 amp to 50 amp likely confused the charging unit as both legs of the power were on the same phase. Well 15 hours to full charge from 22%.
- Would have been nice to know if they found the issue. I use a Hughes Power Watchdog, which scans the post, something like that here would have been helpful.
BB_TX wrote:
toedtoes wrote:
The 20a outlet looked like it was scorched and the 30a outlet did also. I wouldn't have hooked up my RV or vehicle to that pedestal without checking it out first.
Actually it looked like most of the older campgrounds and RV parks I have been to.
I'd be testing them too.wanderingaimlessly wrote:
Would have been nice to know if they found the issue. I use a Hughes Power Watchdog, which scans the post, something like that here would have been helpful.
The issue is the four pin plug is for 240 volts. The 30 to 50 adapter does 120 on each leg so it will not work. One could make an adapter tht would work.
A way to test would to be to use the 20 vehicle plug, with a 30 to 20 adapter. That would present the correct voltage to the charging adapter.Y-Guy wrote:
Moved from Tech Issues to General RVing Issues
Geeeze, The $64k question is Why??…Is not this primarily an electrical related issue??- Seems like this will make soft-starts and surge guards more important than ever, and likely lead to increased camp fees as well…(a bit of altruism comes to mind)
3 tons 3 tons wrote:
Seems like this will make soft-starts and surge guards more important than ever, and likely lead to increased camp fees as well…(a bit of altruism comes to mind)3 tons
I went to 2 campgrounds on vacay and both had in their rules: "If you have an electric vehicle, do not charge at your campsite. There is a charging station down the road for this purpose."
I have an idea you will see more of this. There is no way most campgrounds can support this kind of energy.
