Park Power Low

Not sure what a CG can do about it other than upgrade their infrastructure to handle heat waves better. (unless of course something has tripped somewhere)

In the mean time try to talk all your neighbors into turning off their A/C units so you can run yours. :-)

In these situations, it might not be a bad idea to also do a quick check of your RV connection to the power. Check to see if the power cable and especially plugs/sockets along it are more than a little bit warm (indicating a localized voltage drop, typically caused by a poor connection or physical damage of some sort).

If you are having a drop of a few volts in the lead cable under load, both the EMS and the tech's meter could be telling the truth simultaneously, and you may have a fire hazard as well.

It happens to whole cities or geographical regions. The grid doesn't always keep up with high demand. Press calls it a "brownout."

They simply believe Rvers are stupid people with money.
The maintenance Guy and Owner too tried to tell me several stories about the power problem at a Missouri RV Park. If it hadn't been for on board load management it might have burned up the wiring. We had 50 amp Progressive and it let power through but was flashing on one leg. One Air condition was running weak and lights and so forth wouldn't work at all.

Pirate wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Sounds like your autoformer is not working.


If 105 then autoformer should boost it to 115....should boost 10%

Is CG guy measuring at pedestal w/o your rig plugged in OR inside rig at outlet with load on rig???

105 is the boosted power. Just measured 105 outside 112 inside. It is just real low during the heat of the day.

Autoformer should function/boost down to 95V AC (lower limit)

Is this a 30A or 50A autoformer?

CG GUY....where is he taking measurements?????

Main line voltage dropping to 95V or lower then surge protector is doing what it is suppose to........even with 10% of autoformer (104.5 +/-)

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Sounds like your autoformer is not working.


If 105 then autoformer should boost it to 115....should boost 10%

Is CG guy measuring at pedestal w/o your rig plugged in OR inside rig at outlet with load on rig???

105 is the boosted power. Just measured 105 outside 112 inside. It is just real low during the heat of the day.

If you can show him using a voltmeter that it's not what he claims it is, then what?

CG maintenance hates complaints about power. I don't know why, unless they simply conclude an RVer couldn't possibly know anything about electricity.

Sounds like your autoformer is not working.


If 105 then autoformer should boost it to 115....should boost 10%

Is CG guy measuring at pedestal w/o your rig plugged in OR inside rig at outlet with load on rig???

Same thing happened to me someplace...can't remember where. I have the Progressive Industries 30A EMS unit. When I first plugged it in, it wouldn't let electricity through to RV because voltage was too low (below 104 says their website). Called the campground maintenance guy over. He checked it with some kind of voltmeter and it showed closer to 120 (can't remember exactly). So he wouldn't do anything.

So I feel your vent!