Been at the beach for 4 days now with no problems. About an hour ago, i lost most of my 110 outlets, still had 1 of my 15k AC’s and the microwave..Went to my Hughes Autoformer and the top light is lit RED -= line 1 voltageThinking my pedestal is bad I ran my cord to the spot next to me…. Same issue??? Could my transfer switch be bad?I do have my shore power going into my hughes, then my transfer switch… along with my 6500 Onan… debating if I wanna run my Onan , or stay with 1 AC till tomorrow

You might try forcing a changeover and back on the transfer switch. I know there have been a number of posts on another forum about bad transfer switches.

Are you using an adpater or plugging straight into fifty amp receptacle? Does everything work off on-board genset?If yes, bad transfer switch.

I just read on another forum that there are some autoformers out there that are miswired and have an issue with high voltage on one leg. I think that they were sold about two years ago.

I would manually check the voltage at the pedestal supply. You are looking for 120v Hot to Neutral and 240 volts hot to hot.If the the auto former is not really boosting much you could just remove it from the circuit to see what goes.Check voltage on each leg with items running. If you have a bad neutral it will show high on one side and low on the other.

I'll bet he lost one leg of the 50A curcuit at the post. Pull out your multi-meter and check the two 50A legs at the post or your electrical panel in the trailer.

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ford_truck_guy
Nomad
Sep 07, 2021
YUP... On my " TO DO" list
laknox
Nomad
Sep 07, 2021
That's awesome! So rare, these days. You ought to put up a "Good Guys" post and name the CG and the Supe!

Lyle
ford_truck_guy
Nomad
Sep 02, 2021
The Supervisor was here about an hour ago. He asked how I got fixed and how much it cost. He asked me if I was ok if he credited my credit card used to book $300.00.. He asked If that sounded fair to me, I happily accepted.
laknox
Nomad
Sep 02, 2021
Bet they didn't even offer $20 to offset the price of the new cord, since it =was= on their end.

Lyle
ford_truck_guy
Nomad
Sep 01, 2021
Park sent an electrical contractor the following day.. he opened the pedistal and found the wires to all be tight, but the oiutlet itself was NOT secure to the back..

This probably caused the the plug to not go in all the way when I got there..
aruba5er
Explorer
Sep 01, 2021
The pedestal is as much responablefor burning up YOUR plug as anything. a bad, burnt terminal will cause that.
Take a flashlite and look at the pedistal outlet
ford_truck_guy
Nomad
Aug 31, 2021
This entire 35' cable and ends are now in my garage waiting for me to cut and repair the end.

Since I was camping at the beach when it happened, I needed power, so I went and purchased a new 50 amp twist lock RV power cord form the closest RV supply house..
enblethen
Nomad
Aug 31, 2021
I see a lot of discoloration on the ground connection. Looks like it may have issues! Test to insure there is no connection (resistance) between neutral(white wire) and the ground.
ford_truck_guy
Nomad
Aug 31, 2021
my issue that was resolved -
enblethen
Nomad
Aug 30, 2021
Thanks for the update
Dealer? ooh! Have you tried Amazon for cord? Maybe 15 footer!

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