30 amp Hughs Autoformer
After more than 10 years of use in campgrounds, the autoformer seemed to have caused a short which destroyed the pedestal receptacle and tripped the campground breaker. I do not know the electrical co...
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tvman44 wrote:
Change the plug on the auto-former by cutting back a few inches to get to good wire & insulation. :) That will most likely get it working again. :)
I had an issue with my 50A Autoformer about a year ago - I lost one side of the power line. Mine is installed in a cabinet and is plugged in all the time. It turned out that the female plug on the unit had lost the "springiness" in the contacts. Normally I expect to see that when something is plugged and unplugged a lot, but in this case it was plugged in when I installed it in 2007 and never touched, so the metal contacts simply loosened up from age. I put a new plug in and it's been fine since.
