48 hours on genny. Electrical shorted now.
Dealer installed the onan 5500 into my trailer. This weekend it was running fine. Turned it off without any issue, had been running coffee machine. Later in the evening went to fire it back up....
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I had the OEM hot conductor from my shore power cord come loose in the distribution panel where it terminated into a pigtailed lug connection to the distribution bus (no main breaker inside the trailer). It overheated to the point where it melted some of the stranded pigtail conductor. I only had two loads on, the converter and a 1500W electric heater. Total load was less than 15A on a 30A service. Not nearly enough to cause a breaker to trip. I wish I had taken photos of the situation but I was concerned about getting it repaired while I still had daylight.
As part of my repair, I removed the lug connection and pigtail, installed a 30A main breaker, and terminated the shore conductor directly to that.
As part of my repair, I removed the lug connection and pigtail, installed a 30A main breaker, and terminated the shore conductor directly to that.
