autoformers for dummies (me)
Hi all, I've heard folks saying autoformers "steal" power from the campground and hence from other campers. Here is my understanding of what happens. The total wattage remains the same less abou...
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Great discussion here - as the owner of a small RV park with mostly permanent residents I've learned many lessons the hard way... I currently have 18 sites, all 50/30/20 outlets served by two 200 amp feeders. after the past two months with consistent high temps I heard complaints from two tenants regarding low voltage - they are the only ones with EMS! Actually they were seeing 135 volts on one leg and 105 on the other!
After, running around with my trusty voltmeter I suspected the neutral was bad from the power utility- a phone call later a utility engineer verified my findings - the squirrels apparently like to sharpen their teeth on the bare aluminum neutral conductor overhead! The power utility had a crew out and the line replaced within 6 hrs.
Even so I decided to add a third feeder and drop the number of units to 6 per feeder. I sleep better
Oh, I don't care if my tenants use autoformers - each lot is metered and I charge for all electricity used.
After, running around with my trusty voltmeter I suspected the neutral was bad from the power utility- a phone call later a utility engineer verified my findings - the squirrels apparently like to sharpen their teeth on the bare aluminum neutral conductor overhead! The power utility had a crew out and the line replaced within 6 hrs.
Even so I decided to add a third feeder and drop the number of units to 6 per feeder. I sleep better
Oh, I don't care if my tenants use autoformers - each lot is metered and I charge for all electricity used.
