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Jun 12, 2016Can't figure why a person with a 50 amp RV would be using a 20 amp adapter at a park with 50 amp service. However, there are times when it is the park's fault and the park seems to want to blame the RVer for the problem.
Wednesday, I arrived at an RV park with full hookups. It was rather warm and I immediately plugged into the 30 amp receptacle to cool down the inside of the TT as I went about setting up camp. After a few minutes of running the AC and electric water heater, the breaker at the pedestal tripped. I tried a second time and it tripped again. I turned off the electric water heater and tried for a third time and this time the breaker did not trip with just the AC. Having owned the TT for two years and never encountering this problem before, I suspected the voltage to be low or the breaker was bad. I contacted the office and a maintenance person came to the site. After telling the person the problem, he tells me it's my fault because I have too many electrical components turned on. I politely told the man he was wrong, I let him know that I had been to countless parks using the same draw and never tripped a breaker in the TT or the park's pedestal. At this point he said he would have the park's electrician come out. After telling the electrician the same story, he tries to also tell me I'm drawing too much juice. After not accepting his theory, he carefully checked my power cord and the plug only to find out they were in like-new condition. He reluctantly opened the pedestal and checked the amps I was drawing with his meter. I was only drawing 24 amps with the AC, water heater and fridge. He replaced the 30 amp breaker and I didn't have a problem for the rest of my stay.
Related to the story above. When I went to hook up the sewer hose on Wednesday, someone had cross-threaded the cap and I couldn't get it off. When I encounter tight sewer caps that can't be turned by hand on the first try, I gently tap them with a hammer to get them loose, however, I still wasn't able to get it off. A neighbor brought an adjustable wrench to get the cap off and we were not successful. We unscrewed the extension portion of the sewer pipe above ground that was connected to the cap. I was able then to connect my hose to the sewer pipe flush with the ground.
When the maintenance man came on Wednesday to see about the circuit breaker I also told him about the sewer cap. He took the cap and pipe extension and told me he would bring back it later after removing the cap in the maintenance department. On Friday (two days later), I told another park employee about the missing pipe and cap and that I did not want to leave this morning without covering the sewer pipe. I left this morning and no pipe and no cap. I did find a rock large enough to cover the hole before I left.
Moral of my story; Don't dismiss your customers' problems as if they don't exist because in most cases they do exist.
Wednesday, I arrived at an RV park with full hookups. It was rather warm and I immediately plugged into the 30 amp receptacle to cool down the inside of the TT as I went about setting up camp. After a few minutes of running the AC and electric water heater, the breaker at the pedestal tripped. I tried a second time and it tripped again. I turned off the electric water heater and tried for a third time and this time the breaker did not trip with just the AC. Having owned the TT for two years and never encountering this problem before, I suspected the voltage to be low or the breaker was bad. I contacted the office and a maintenance person came to the site. After telling the person the problem, he tells me it's my fault because I have too many electrical components turned on. I politely told the man he was wrong, I let him know that I had been to countless parks using the same draw and never tripped a breaker in the TT or the park's pedestal. At this point he said he would have the park's electrician come out. After telling the electrician the same story, he tries to also tell me I'm drawing too much juice. After not accepting his theory, he carefully checked my power cord and the plug only to find out they were in like-new condition. He reluctantly opened the pedestal and checked the amps I was drawing with his meter. I was only drawing 24 amps with the AC, water heater and fridge. He replaced the 30 amp breaker and I didn't have a problem for the rest of my stay.
Related to the story above. When I went to hook up the sewer hose on Wednesday, someone had cross-threaded the cap and I couldn't get it off. When I encounter tight sewer caps that can't be turned by hand on the first try, I gently tap them with a hammer to get them loose, however, I still wasn't able to get it off. A neighbor brought an adjustable wrench to get the cap off and we were not successful. We unscrewed the extension portion of the sewer pipe above ground that was connected to the cap. I was able then to connect my hose to the sewer pipe flush with the ground.
When the maintenance man came on Wednesday to see about the circuit breaker I also told him about the sewer cap. He took the cap and pipe extension and told me he would bring back it later after removing the cap in the maintenance department. On Friday (two days later), I told another park employee about the missing pipe and cap and that I did not want to leave this morning without covering the sewer pipe. I left this morning and no pipe and no cap. I did find a rock large enough to cover the hole before I left.
Moral of my story; Don't dismiss your customers' problems as if they don't exist because in most cases they do exist.
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