HELP AC Outlets blowing devices!
Hello all, I am currently living in a River Canyon 34RLQS0 5th Wheel that is hooked up to electrical power. I am having a odd issue with the electrical in the trailer. Some of the GFI outlets are b...
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ScottG wrote:SDrummer wrote:
Yeah the outlets read good at 110-117 Volts
Everyone seems to have ignored this post.
The OP's voltages are OK so no open neutral or anything else.
I suspect the rig was hit by a surge of some sort which damaged those items.
What ever the case it looks to be OK now.
Wrong.. That post makes no difference,, When I had an open neutral in the house NORMALLY the voltages were near normal... Thankfully I had two outlets one on each leg, that were more or less side by side and being a certified electronics technician and though I do not work in that field an electronics hobbiest I had multiple voltmeters.
SO i plugged one meter into each line.
And observed as a "Big ticket" item (Specifically a window air conditioner in this case) kicked in.
The safety ground (one of 'em) was taking the load under NORMAL conditions but when the A/C compressor kicked.. Voltages went wild and I mean WILD with one meter shooting way up (like 140 volts) and the other down (80). But soon as the compressor was up to speed... Voltages returned to near normal. Both legs.
And soon as the Power company technician tightened up the clamps on safety ground #2 they behaved much better, And once the power company team replaced the drop to the house with nice brand new Tri-Flex, (Thus fixing the bad neutral) they remained solid.
But normal voltages on a spot test were present throught. (Save when they cut the old drop that is)
