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Ron_Nielson
Explorer
Jun 03, 2019

Burned Neutral Wires at the Buss in the Breaker Box

All of my neutral wires are burned at the buss at the breaker box about 2". Does this tell you anything about where a loose neutral connection is likely to be? I have read that the burnt wires need to...
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larry_cad
Explorer II
Jun 04, 2019
dougrainer wrote:
Your BUSS screws will appear tight because the BUSS got hot and seized some of the screws. If you have an Open/loose Neutral on a 50 amp RV, it will usually NOT burn or melt anything. It will supply 220 to the RV and burn out some appliances The Open on a 50 amp can be at the CG pedestal or on the Shore cord or at the Main electrical breaker panel. Doug


Excellent post as usual from Doug.

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