Open Neutral and failed transfer switch
we purchased a 201203 cyclone 3110 last Fall.This summer while at the beach, we came back to find our electric off and bedroom tv, central vac, and microwave fried. Before telling the campground what ...
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tammyinwv wrote:I'm loathe to give procedural advice because I don't know anyone's skills and experience. Electricity can be deadly.westend wrote:
I would be getting a second opinion on the problem with a different set of hands and eyes. The #1 suspect would be a loose neutral wire in the load center.
westend could you explain how or if we could check this?
Tammy
Briefly, you could inspect the load center by removing the cover and inspecting the neutral bus. A loose neutral may cause a blackened area or change in the color of the bus bar. You might also see a wire blackened where it enters the bus. With the main power turned off, you could pull on the wires attached to the bus and make sure all are tight. A good thing to do in an RV is to tighten any neutral and ground bus screws occasionally. Motion or vibration may cause them to loosen.
