Neutral loss during disconnect a problem?

If you have a surge protector, turning the switch on it "off" before you disconnect eliminates worrying about the power pole breaker the next time you hook up.

Actualy if you put plug in straight the ground pin connects first as it is longer than the others. Same goes for your normal extension cords.

Yes you should always turn off the breaker but when you pull the plug out and if one lugs loses contact before the other you end up with a open circuit not a floating neutral condition. The biggest problem unplugging under power is the arcing that occurs and damages the plug and receptical.

Denny

That may be true Joshuajim.. but there are two things.

First: You can reduce load greatly inside your coach by turning off water heaters, Air conditioners and such before plugging in,, and again you really should.

Second: The park's circuit breakers are enclosed in a "Sombody Else's Problem" Field.

That is, if they fry... Instead of reaching for my checkbook or wallet, I reach for my cell, call park security, and a few minutes later a technician pulls up with a new circuit breaker... My work is done.

The method mentioned above is absolutely correct, unfortunately, breakers were not designed to be switches and have an early failure rate when used as such.

Noel wrote:
If I disconnect (or connect) at a campground power post and the neutral pin comes out (or goes in).....first, before the live pins make contact.....is this a potential problem?

Can a surge occur?

Thanks

Proper procedure for plugging in or unplugging.

First: Make sure breakers are OFF.

Then insert or remove plug

IF inserting turn breaker on after insert.


Follow that procedure and it will not mater if you break the neutral first cause the hots are already broken.

That's why you ALWAYS SHUT THE CIRCUT BREAKER OFF, so as to not burn the contacts in the outlet and ruin someone else's cord because of a bad/corroded/loose connection.

Chris Bryant wrote:
Yes, it can be a problem, though simply flipping the breaker before connecting or disconnecting will take care of that.

Amazing how many folks don't just turn pedestal breaker OFF before connecting/disconnecting power cord.

Yes, it can be a problem, though simply flipping the breaker before connecting or disconnecting will take care of that.