Electrical Trouble

[somervillebus]

Can anyone with electrical experience help me with this situation? Here
recently I'm experiencing high voltage on both leg meters, actually
pegging out. Also the red light on the polarity monitor is slightly
blinking....however, the yellow indicator showing correct polarity is
constantly on as well.

When starting generator all works perfectly...I've checked shore
voltage and polarity..its all checks out OK. I have a new cord reel I
installed a couple of months ago?? this only occurs when I plug into
shore power.. I would think since it works OK on generator it must be
the shore power cord or connection. Any trouble shooting help would be
appreciated..thanks for the input


Slim Somerville
99 LXi
Tennessee

[erniecarpet@...]

Slim, I wonder, since you installed a new cord reel, that perhaps one of
your wires has come loose in the male end. With all the movement these plugs
endure, that happened to me once.

Ernie Ekberg
83PT40
Weatherford, Tx




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[Gregory OConnor]

Slim most of my electrical knowledge was schooled with shock. The
first thought that comes to mind is the gauges in the bus and the
polarity indicators are doing the job! so the POC (point of
connection) has high voltage. may be a multimeter check at the poc
will prove problem/cause.

I wonder if you can have a reversed polarity within the bus that
will show up at the hookup led indicator. If a bus r/p receptical
has a heater or rehostat type item plugged into it????
_________________
Hot is ;'short rectangle' , Brass screw , black wire
....
Neutral is ;'tall rectangle' ,silver screw , white wire
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I would manualy turn off the inverter prior to shore hookup in an
effort to learn and investigate if the inverter could cause the
symptoms. Sounds like it is truly on shore side of transfer switch?

remember that ground (green) is not bonded to neutral (white) any
place in the bus. the entire bus is treated like a UL appliance
and bonding to ground is only done at the campGROUND.

GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolanded

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "somervillebus"
<somervillebus@...> wrote:
>
> Can anyone with electrical experience help me with this situation?
Here
> recently I'm experiencing high voltage on both leg meters,
actually
> pegging out. Also the red light on the polarity monitor is
slightly
> blinking....however, the yellow indicator showing correct polarity
is
> constantly on as well.
>
> When starting generator all works perfectly...I've checked shore
> voltage and polarity..its all checks out OK. I have a new cord
reel I
> installed a couple of months ago?? this only occurs when I plug
into
> shore power.. I would think since it works OK on generator it must
be
> the shore power cord or connection. Any trouble shooting help
would be
> appreciated..thanks for the input
>
>
> Slim Somerville
> 99 LXi
> Tennessee
>

[somervillebus]

Thanks gentlemen for the input. After several hours of tracing it
was located in the shore receptacle connection. It had a loose
neutral wire. Ive replaced it today rewired and all is well...no
damage done to coach..that's a good thing. Ernie, I agree with you on
the way the cord reel is wired, I don't care for it much and will
monitor it closely


Thanks again


Slim Somerville
99LXi
Tennessee




--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, erniecarpet@... wrote:
>
> Slim, I wonder, since you installed a new cord reel, that perhaps
one of
> your wires has come loose in the male end. With all the movement
these plugs
> endure, that happened to me once.
>
> Ernie Ekberg
> 83PT40
> Weatherford, Tx
>
>
>
>
> **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes
> (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NC...0000000004)
>
>
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>