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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wa8yxm wrote:
I too agree it sounds like an open neutral.. As for the single 50 amp breaker...
They make a breaker that has a single lever, but is in fact a double breaker,, I know I had the 150 amp version of it in my house. Like all breakers it comes in assorted sizes (Ever see an 800 amp breaker,,, I have.. It too was a single lever 240 volt dual breaker).
To diagnose .. One assumes you have two AC/s.. TURN OFF everythign, in fact turn off the circuit breakers that feed televisions and other electronic devices including your converter.
Leave on only the following
General outlets with nothing plugged into them (NOTE there is another way to do this) you need two such circuits, one on each side of the neutral. and at least ONE of the two air conditioners.
now plug volt meters into both outlets, ANALOG meters work best for this.
Turn on the AC and watch the meters
One drops a volt or 3, other either goes with it or stays static, GOOD
One goes down other goes UP seriously (like more than 10 volts) open neutral.
How do I know this: Happened on the sticks and bricks and that is EXACTLY how I diagnosed it.
I only have one Multimeter, do i need to purchase a second or can I check the voltage on one plug, unplug the leads of the multimeter and check the voltage on the next? Or do i need two multimeters plugged in at the second time because the voltage differences happen very fast?
Also am i checking voltages on the two outlets on the same GFI plug or on different GFI plugs on different sides of the trailer?
Thanks for all the help
