autoformers for dummies (me)

Gdetrailer wrote:

pianotuna wrote:
Hi Gdetrailer,

The campground always has the option to install meters. If they don't then on a thirty amp service I'm paying for 3600 watts. So long as I don't exceed that I'm not inconveniencing anyone, nor stealing anything.

I don't think campground owners understand the difference between the 30 amp and 50 amp too well. One of the local campgrounds charges an extra $2 per day for 50 amp. 3600 watts vs 12000 watts. I think they'er nuts to shoot themselves in the foot that way, but no one is "forcing" that on them.

Gdetrailer wrote:


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Have you ever thought about "informing" the campground owners that you are having issues with extremely low voltages?

And that those extremely low voltages can and will destroy your electrical equipment??

And that the campground owners CAN contact their electric provider for FREE assistance to determine if the problem is the electric co side OR the campground wiring??

I know myself when I first moved into to my home, I upgraded my electrical system from 60A to a 200A service entrance..

Then had a whole house A/C put in..

Then every time the A/C turned on my Sat receiver would shut down and reboot..

Called the Electric co, they sent out a Linesman who checked the voltage at my new 200A panel, then the voltage at the pole pig..

Came back and told me the problem WAS on the electric co end.. The voltage was sagging on the electric co lines feeding the pole pig that served my home. The lines had never been upgraded and over the years many more homes had been built and connected to those lines.

Two weeks later, the power company installed three HUGE booster pole pigs about 4 miles away from my home..

ONE phone call from ONE home owner (me) solved a major low voltage issue for at least 1,000 customers and a few businesses past the boosters.

Using an autoformer may "fix" your problem but in the end it makes it worse for everyone else.

The problem may not be all the campgrounds fault, it could be the electric co fault.. The electric co WILL attempt to correct the problem IF they are aware of the problem AND it is their equipment casuing the problem.

Put in a AC volt/amp meter into my TT for this year.. The campground we like had a rock steady 121V-122V, and that was with blazing hot temps this year hovering right under 100 F..

Granted the campground was only half full when we were there but I can say for the many years we have been there, never had a brown out or loss of power.

Stopped at my cousins home.. 111V-116V.. Campground voltage WAS better regulated than a residential outlet.

If YOU are not part of the solution, then you ARE part of the problem..

And on the other hand, I have called my local power company three times about our power problem, it hasn't been resolved and I've never heard back from them. The power will flash on an off a couple of times. Then all of the yard motion lights light turn on and stay on until I physically turn them off. This happens a couple times per month.

Because of no action or interest from the power company, I've been changing the motion lights from the old 150W bulb units to new LED lights so that when they stay on for weeks on end while I'm traveling, they don't burn so much power. I think you just got lucky.

Bill