Advice needed for electric pedestal tester
I want to get a good tester to use before hooking up at a campground. Is there one that will check for the usual stuff like polarity, open ground, etc. - as well as tell the voltage? Thanks for ...
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It's clear from the context of the question, and from the responses, that it's 30-Amp service in question. The plug-in using Adapter, Polarity Tester and AC Meter are the way many of us go.
There IS a thread somewhere about a home made 50-Amp tester. It's two of the 30-Amp in most ways, connected to a 50-Amp plug, but with a big difference. This one looks at the polarity of the two 50-Amp legs that make up this service, and verfies there's a Neutral. That's important to anybody who plugs into a 50-Amp outlet. Whether it's a 50-Amp coach, or just the rest of us using a 50-to-30 Adapter.
I don't want to plug in, let alone even back in, till I know that outlet is right! Campground can fix it, move me, or refund me.
We still don't know if a pedestal breaker has "gone soft" but at least we won't burn something out or get shocked, if we lead off with a Tester.
There IS a thread somewhere about a home made 50-Amp tester. It's two of the 30-Amp in most ways, connected to a 50-Amp plug, but with a big difference. This one looks at the polarity of the two 50-Amp legs that make up this service, and verfies there's a Neutral. That's important to anybody who plugs into a 50-Amp outlet. Whether it's a 50-Amp coach, or just the rest of us using a 50-to-30 Adapter.
I don't want to plug in, let alone even back in, till I know that outlet is right! Campground can fix it, move me, or refund me.
We still don't know if a pedestal breaker has "gone soft" but at least we won't burn something out or get shocked, if we lead off with a Tester.
