update power problem observations

[Curt Sprenger]

Robert,

If I follow what you described and what you tested, you are good to go
in the circuit breaker panel.

Removing the little plastic thing and flipping the breakers
independently...tuning off the breakers should turn off those items
connected to it...all seems good.

Amperage registered on one leg and not the other...depends on the coach
load demand and how the coach is wired. Very possible one leg would be
zero while the other has a power demand on it.

The reading of 110 & 120 volts in each leg tells me the legs are
receiving power.

Our '87 coach does not have GFIs and perhaps yours does not as well.

Do not take the gen/shore switch apart until we hear more from others
perhaps more familiar with doing so and testing same.

My only other suggestion at this time is to unplug the shore cord, start
the gen., be sure the switch is set to gen., reset all the breakers in
the 110V control panel, and see what happens.

Good luck.

Curt Sprenger
198 PT38 8V92 "MacAttach Racing
Anaheim Hills, CA










Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, Calif.



Robert & Teri Rahn wrote:

> okay, first off, I am confused about electricity. There are four big
> wires a big red one that goes to one of the 50 amp breakers, a black
> one that goes to the other, a white that goes to the bar with all the
> other little white ones and a green that goes to the other side with
> all the bare copper ones. I checked with my test light that lights
> for 110 and another light for 220, and when i touched the place where
> the red wire connects to the breaker and either the green or white
> bar it reads 110. when i do the same with the black wire on the other
> 50 amp breaker the same happens. I took the little plastic thing that
> holds the two 50 amp breakers together off and when i flip the top
> one the plugs that have lamps plugged into them go out, when I flip
> the other one the heater in the bathroom goes off. So both are doing
> something. Also, the gauges in the upper dash labeled ac voltage are
> reading:leg 1 120, leg 2 120. the gauges labeled ac amperage leg 1
> reads zero and leg 2 reads 10. I looked for gfi plugs and found none.
> should I take the switch apart that I use to select genarator 30 or
> 50 amp? I tried to work it with the genarator and the same problem
> was there. Im so confused.
> Robert Rahn
> 88 pt 40
> Kalispell, Mt.
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