Low Shore Voltage
Last week we ran into an issue where the campground shore power for our site was only coming in at 104 volts(30 amps). We have a Progressive surge protector and it would not let the power flow. Report...
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time2roll wrote:PApopup wrote:My experience the voltage recovers as the sun goes down.
Thanks everyone! Had never seen this condition before but we knew it was not right. The autoformer sounds interesting, but given that this is the first time we experienced the low voltage, will probably hold off on purchasing.
It was a hot weekend so with all the A/C's going I did not think it would get better at our site. We checked one of the sites below us and it was 115 volts.
If running the air I put the fridge and water on propane only to reduce the issue in these circumstances.
Depends on the location maybe? In the southwest with dry air, as soon as the Sun is gone, the heat is gone. Here in Michigan, it'll stay 80-90 deg well past midnight. The Sun spent all day heating a huge mass of very humid air, and that air keeps things uncomfortable.
I ended up at a private campground just after the 4th, and it was 94 the day I rolled in. The voltage at the post was also 94, but would dip as low as 85. Few days later the humidity broke and temps dropped into the low 80s, voltage was back at 115 as most air con units were shut off.
Gal behind the counter says yea, we get that sometimes when it's hot out. You're welcome to move over to a rustic site and run the generator.
Kicker is, the local electric utility BUILT and OWNS the campground, located on the backwaters of a large hydroelectric plant. They let the County run it.
