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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If turning on the AC, or plugging a major load (hair dryer) into an outlet on the OTHER leg, increases the voltage, the NEUTRAL is not doing it's job.
Of course we have been saying that all along.
NOW: Question, when you took that 118 volt measurement with the A/C running... Was it blower, blower+ Compressor or did you watch as the compressor kicked in.
THAT is the point where I'd expect a poor neutral to show up.. It is where I saw it in my house as well.. RUNNING the voltages were near normal both legs, but when the A/C kicked in.. MAJOR swings in voltage, up on one leg, down on the other.
Your symptoms sound identical.
Of course we have been saying that all along.
NOW: Question, when you took that 118 volt measurement with the A/C running... Was it blower, blower+ Compressor or did you watch as the compressor kicked in.
THAT is the point where I'd expect a poor neutral to show up.. It is where I saw it in my house as well.. RUNNING the voltages were near normal both legs, but when the A/C kicked in.. MAJOR swings in voltage, up on one leg, down on the other.
Your symptoms sound identical.
