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08-11-2006, 13:40

Hey John, Leroy, I am not sure about your newer coaches but could you
not use the "dog bone" and have the power both legs?

John if I read your post right congratulations man that was quick!

ScottB
86FC35 "RUBY" 4SALE
SC

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, John Suter
wrote:
>
> Hi Leroy,
>
> Can't say for sure regarding your coach, but
> typically the system is designed so that the 50 amp
> power cord will draw power from 2 legs of shore power
> and will power the two legs of the coach respectively
> - that is, until you plug in the auxiliary 30 amp
> plug. When any power is sensed from the 30 amp aux,
> one leg of the 50 is lifted/disabled and the newly
> sensed 30 is substituted for it. Therefore, if you
> only used your aux, as I gather, you only fed one leg
> - the other leg was waiting for you to plug a 30 amp
> adapter into your 50 amp cord, power it, at which time
> you would have both legs. In the future, to avoid the
> problem and to receive power on both legs, plug a 30
> adapter into your 50, power this 30 and do not use the
> aux 30 at all.
>
> The point of having the aux, is to permit use of two
> separate campground pedestals of 30 each for total of
> 60 amps. We we speak of 50, we really mean 50 on each
> leg, for total of 100 amps to the coach. Hope this
> makes sense.
>
> John Suter
> Currently Coachless
> (but Prior 00LXi, 91PT40, 86PT40)
>
> --- jwasnewski wrote:
>
> > Recently I stopped overnight and had to use 30amp
> > park power. I carry
> > a cable for that purpose but have never used it.
> > 30amp gave me leg two
> > in the coach but did not go through the Trace
> > inverter to charge the
> > batteries. Looked at my diagrams with no luck. I
> > may need to get a
> > 50amp female recepticle for the end of my 30amp
> > cord, plug it into the
> > normal 50amp line and see what happens. Doesn't
> > make sense that the
> > factory 30amp bus connection does not charge the
> > batteries. Is this
> > normal?
> >
> > Leroy Eckert
> > 1990WB40
> > Niceville, FL
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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