Did I Just Fry My Appliances?
This past weekend I took my dad's 5th wheel to a buddy's farm to hang out for a couple of days. Both of our generators were at our farm a couple hours in the other direction. So, i ran down to the loc...
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RustyJC wrote:
The repair bill for our daughter and son-in-law's 5th wheel was $7500+ due to a dropped neutral in the RV's power cord that applied 240VAC to all of the 120VAC loads. They had power protection, but it plugged into the pedestal. Since the fault was downstream of the power protection, it was undetected. They now have a hard-wired PI system that monitors the power just as it goes into the 5th wheel's breaker box.
In your case, the horse is already out of the barn, but HERE is a 1-page explanation of RV 50 amp service.
Rusty
Nice page, you got one for the 30amp circuits that would be a good sticky on anyone's page.
Those basic I & II electronic/electricity courses at the local community college while trying to get an industrial manager degree have sure paid off for me through the years.
To the original poster sorry for your problems a TV and microwave are easy to replace, glad nothing else was messed up bad.
thanks,
randy
