Electrical Gremlins

[Juergen]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote:
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Harold Prescott"
> wrote:
> >
> > I just had the same thing happen. It turned out to be a blown breaker
> > on one leg of the shore power. Reset the breaker at the shore power
> > end, and I don't know why it blew in the first place.
> >
> > Harold Prescott
> > "85 FC35
> > Rackerby, Ca.
> >
> >
>
>
> Bingo! This seems to be the problem, although I reset their breaker
> and reattached my cable, so something a little more "permanent"
> happened to the park's shore power receptical. I ran my 50 amp
> extension line over to another shore power receptical at an unused spot
> and everything came back to life.
>
> As an aside, do most of you run your gas heat when camped out at a
> park? We are in Florida, so right now is about as cold as it ever gets
> (mid 30's or so). The gas heat hasn't been used in the 2 years that we
> have had the 'bird and I am reluctant to start it without having
> someone inspect and start it first. Most of the factory electric
> heaters are caput so I've been using some small portable heaters to
> keep the chill off at night.
>
> Thoughts? Other than the obvious, which is that we are pretty cautious
> to make sure that the small heaters don't overheat (they seem to be
> quite safe even if they don't throw off a lot of heat).
>
John
When I am camping in a park with 50 Amp power, I try to use electric
heat also. You do have to watch the amps on each leg however. I found
out that all outlets which i used for my electric cube were on the
same circuit as the water heater, bathroom heater etc. I made me a
sketch and a list to show which electric unit is on which leg and then
rewired the main 120 volt box to split the loads more even. I actually
only moved one circuit from leg 2 to leg 1. Use of water heater, BB
electric built in heaters, plug in heat cubes, micro wave can sure
consume ample Amps quickly. So check and divvy it up.
Juergen in PA
1991 WLSP36