30 AMP OPS

[John Suter]

Hi Scott,

Many BB's are wiring in the manner I described so a
dog-bone splitter is unnecessary. Could you use one?
Yes, but why go to the expense?

If I understood the questioneer correctly, he was
using the auxilary connection only, not the main (or
so called 50amp) connection, or both (which is the
design).

What is important for folks to understand is, on
later model birds, this "auto-sensing" takes place,
with an inadequate explanation in the owner's manual
as to what actually happens to the second leg. The
gentleman was not charging because the Bird assumes
the "main" source of power will always be the main
connection. I'd be willing to bet, when BB engineered
the sensing, the group didn't consider an owner might
"only" power from the aux, or they would have built-in
a "dual-sensing" ability which would lift the one leg
only when two power sources were present.

And yes, this will be our first time since 1966 we
will be without a coach of some kind, and 20 years of
Birds - hopefully, for only a year. We planned on
home selling in a year or so, not a week. Big
scramble into a rental until we can buy or build
another home. Gosh, the stuff/junk we've accumulated!

John


--- Scott wrote:

> 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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