Electrical mystery--set out to fix 2 problems but fixed 3
First let me explain a Arctic Fox 25Y stupid quirk. They installed two electrical junction boxes outside the unit on the slide side. One standard 4 inch box is in between and above the two wheels. The other is behind the wheels. The first is 12V and powers the overhead light in the slide. The other is 120V and I did not know what it was for. These leak notoriously and last year I took steps to prevent leaks I also went from 15 to 16 inch wheels which put the wheels closer to the first box.
OK when I started out I had these three issues:
1) Outside box above the port side wheel needed to be replaced since I replaced wheels with 16 inch rims
2) I took out the dining table, which we never used and replaced it with a desk and in the process discovered that there is an outlet under the old table. But it was dead. That answered the quastion of why was there a 120V box behind the port wheels.
3) GFI popped at the BR sink, circuit tester indicated a hot ground (three lights)
So I took care of item one by using a smaller box. Item two, when I opened the box I did find a disconnected black wire. The hot ground. Replaced all the connectors with Levr Lock connectors. Thought well this may be whats wrong with item 3.
Checked inside, the circuit tester I had plugged in above the bed, I thought showed two lights now after I started the generator. The outlet under the table/desk is now working with two lights on a different circuit tester. OK fixed all three I thought. On the way out the bedroom tester was back to three lights?! WTH. It was getting dark so I gave it up until today.
Today I rechecked the 120V box behind the wheel and everything was connected correctly. Went inside after cranking up the generator and still had three lights, tried a different Sperry tester--two lights! Tried an old Sperry tester one light bright and one dim? Bad light?
The receptacle tester that shows three lights is the newest and is this model: https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Kech...s%2C353&sr=8-5 Based on Mike Sokol's recommendation. Plugging a drill motor into a three light receptacle shows that it is working.
Could the problem be with the generator ground? I'm stumped.
OK when I started out I had these three issues:
1) Outside box above the port side wheel needed to be replaced since I replaced wheels with 16 inch rims
2) I took out the dining table, which we never used and replaced it with a desk and in the process discovered that there is an outlet under the old table. But it was dead. That answered the quastion of why was there a 120V box behind the port wheels.
3) GFI popped at the BR sink, circuit tester indicated a hot ground (three lights)
So I took care of item one by using a smaller box. Item two, when I opened the box I did find a disconnected black wire. The hot ground. Replaced all the connectors with Levr Lock connectors. Thought well this may be whats wrong with item 3.
Checked inside, the circuit tester I had plugged in above the bed, I thought showed two lights now after I started the generator. The outlet under the table/desk is now working with two lights on a different circuit tester. OK fixed all three I thought. On the way out the bedroom tester was back to three lights?! WTH. It was getting dark so I gave it up until today.
Today I rechecked the 120V box behind the wheel and everything was connected correctly. Went inside after cranking up the generator and still had three lights, tried a different Sperry tester--two lights! Tried an old Sperry tester one light bright and one dim? Bad light?
The receptacle tester that shows three lights is the newest and is this model: https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Kech...s%2C353&sr=8-5 Based on Mike Sokol's recommendation. Plugging a drill motor into a three light receptacle shows that it is working.
Could the problem be with the generator ground? I'm stumped.
