Assisting an RV'er in an older gasser that had a neutral buss bar meltdown. Stranded neutral feeding the buss bar connected to the lowest connection, Heated up, got real hot and discolored above neutral taps and partially melted bus bar into plastic insulator.Well, above RV'er made a mad dash down to the local RV repair and was told she needed e NEW Xfer switch! Well, in my eyes all she needs is a new neutral bus bar! Looks as though this bus bar is pop riveted in two places to the side of the panel. Any online sources for such a bus bar? I'd say about 8 to 10 connections, I forgot to get a picture. I'm in Quartzsite so today I'll sniff around town to see if I can locate something.That time of year people plug in electric heaters and find out the hard way they have a bad connection.Thoughts ideas?Thanks all

Some examples of marine bus bars:http://www.westmarine.com/search?Ntt=buss+bar

Not sure you are looking at a neutral bar if it is pop riveted to the sides of the box.

mchero wrote:Assisting an RV'er in an older gasser that had a neutral buss bar meltdown. Stranded neutral feeding the buss bar connected to the lowest connection, Heated up, got real hot and discolored above neutral taps and partially melted bus bar into plastic insulator.Well, above RV'er made a mad dash down to the local RV repair and was told she needed e NEW Xfer switch! Well, in my eyes all she needs is a new neutral bus bar! Looks as though this bus bar is pop riveted in two places to the side of the panel. Any online sources for such a bus bar? I'd say about 8 to 10 connections, I forgot to get a picture. I'm in Quartzsite so today I'll sniff around town to see if I can locate something.That time of year people plug in electric heaters and find out the hard way they have a bad connection.Thoughts ideas?Thanks allHome Depot look in the Breaker / boxes isle

mchero wrote: Heated up, got real hot and discolored above neutral taps and partially melted bus bar into plastic insulator.Well, above RV'er made a mad dash down to the local RV repair and was told she needed e NEW Xfer switch! The buss bar partially melted into the plastic insulator and the RV place wanted to sell her a new transfer switch?Did they say anything about the buss bar?And, could you furnish the name of the RV place? It sounds like a good place to avoid.

Lowes, Home Depot or any well equiped hard ware store. In same isle as circuit breakers.Richard

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ScottG
Nomad
Nov 27, 2016
Yes, any H/W store has them but keep in mind that the neutral buss bar must be isolated from the housing of the panel. So it should have some kind of insulators under it.
RLS7201
Explorer II
Nov 27, 2016
Lowes, Home Depot or any well equiped hard ware store. In same isle as circuit breakers.

Richard
gbopp
Explorer
Nov 27, 2016
mchero wrote:
Heated up, got real hot and discolored above neutral taps and partially melted bus bar into plastic insulator.

Well, above RV'er made a mad dash down to the local RV repair and was told she needed e NEW Xfer switch!

The buss bar partially melted into the plastic insulator and the RV place wanted to sell her a new transfer switch?

Did they say anything about the buss bar?

And, could you furnish the name of the RV place? It sounds like a good place to avoid.
grizzzman
Explorer
Nov 27, 2016
mchero wrote:
Assisting an RV'er in an older gasser that had a neutral buss bar meltdown. Stranded neutral feeding the buss bar connected to the lowest connection, Heated up, got real hot and discolored above neutral taps and partially melted bus bar into plastic insulator.

Well, above RV'er made a mad dash down to the local RV repair and was told she needed e NEW Xfer switch! Well, in my eyes all she needs is a new neutral bus bar! Looks as though this bus bar is pop riveted in two places to the side of the panel.

Any online sources for such a bus bar? I'd say about 8 to 10 connections, I forgot to get a picture. I'm in Quartzsite so today I'll sniff around town to see if I can locate something.

That time of year people plug in electric heaters and find out the hard way they have a bad connection.

Thoughts ideas?

Thanks all

Home Depot look in the Breaker / boxes isle
rhochnadel
Explorer
Nov 27, 2016
Not sure you are looking at a neutral bar if it is pop riveted to the sides of the box.
wolfe10
Explorer
Nov 27, 2016
Some examples of marine bus bars:http://www.westmarine.com/search?Ntt=buss+bar

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