ATS (Automatic Transfer Switch) fried?
Last time out with the fifthwheel I saw a flash out of the corner of my eye when I had the basement door open coming from the vicinity of the ATS. Everything in the trailer kept working but I can't r...
Forum Discussion
D.E.Bishop wrote:
In your last post you stated that with the CB labeled GCA off and all others on the ATS hummed and yet you had no 120vac. I find that suspect. Do you have a DMM or a 120vac test light? If so have you tested the load side of the CB's? How many do you have?
The GFCI would be on the load side of one of the breakers and shouldn't cut all power in your trailer. I would guess that the ATS is working if turning on the breaker labeled GCA trips the house breaker. If you have unplugged or turned off all 120vac powered items and you are still tripping the house breaker, you have a dead short on the load side of that breaker.
This is why it is so important to label all your breakers, and to designate which breaker feeds the GFCI(s).
Thanks for the comments. I haven't testing anything on the circuit breaker panel yet. I'll get after this in the morning.
