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โAug-23-2013 01:18 PM
debbiep63 wrote:
Evidently I have a problem with my coach. I was wrong about my suggestion that I was only getting 20 amps. Will have to have it serviced when I return home, if it holds out till then. Just turning on the tv drops the volts from 118 intoI the red at 109.. Will keep my questions to myself in the future and continue to just read q&a on the site. Thanks Royb for your info. It was helpful
โAug-23-2013 01:14 PM
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โAug-23-2013 12:29 PM
j-d wrote:As I have said before, I am really surprised Darwin hasn't weeded out all the incorrect electrical information posted on these forums. Surely some of these people are due to be electrocuted for messing with things they obviously have no clue about.
First, Debbie, WELCOME!
People often "say" things with their fingertips that the rest of their senses like sight and sound wouldn't allow.
V*A=W, true enough. Problem is, appliances etc. want W, so if V goes down, A actually goes UP and A is a major cause of heat.
I just got back from a state park. Park wasn't near full, voltage started around that 118, dropped to 115, then 108, 105, caught it just under 100. Breakers tripping in the Motorhome. This is a 30A coach with 15K A/C. This was happening with only A/C and Convertor. Debbie, one of your 120VAC breakers should be Converter, but probably other things on it that you don't want to power off for long. Still, you could do a test.
So, I complain to the Park, and they send their maintenance man over. Told me he's replaced all the pedestal breakers and outlets. I said I noticed that, my problem was that my A/C was tripping the 20A breaker in the coach and sometimes both the 20A A/C breaker and the 30A main. (that can happen because one breaker heats up the other - I had a small fan blowing on the breaker panel!) Maintenance guy says they have a capital budget request, not funded, to pull all new power service in the campground, about 40 sites. But meanwhile, we were on a loop with 30A breakers and outlets. 10 sites in that loop, powered from a loop with a single One Hundred Amp Fuse! So, 30A "service" that's more like 10A, 100A source divided by possibly 10 users.
So Debbie, YES. Keep coming back.
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โAug-23-2013 11:43 AM
debbiep63 wrote:
Boy howdy, I really opened a can of worms With all appliances off or unplugged my volt meter is readin 118.The only item I can't turn off (because I don't know how) is my converter. Suffice it to say I am cured of asking any further questions, but will continue to read all q&a for all sights..
โAug-23-2013 11:37 AM
debbiep63 wrote:
Boy howdy, I really opened a can of worms With all appliances off or unplugged my volt meter is readin 118.The only item I can't turn off (because I don't know how) is my converter. Suffice it to say I am cured of asking any further questions, but will continue to read all q&a for all sights..
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