Jo and Paul Carver Have Trouble in Snowy Colorado!! Could use help!

[Ron Thompson]

I assume that nothing has changed in your electric hookup process since the last time that it worked correctly. Like maybe bought a new cable or you are using a 30 amp adapter cable where you always hooked up to a 50 amp service. This happened to me once. I had been using RV sites where they had 50 amp service. However in Boerne , Tx. I had to use a site that did not have 50 amp service available and I had to use 30 amp service which is not enough to power a fully equipped 1995 WLWB 42'. LO and Behold, I plugged the adapter cable in and plugged it into their pedestal power and BAM. Blew a Breaker and had reversed polarity. I had to go to generator power that night. Learned my lesson to check all the cables for correct polarity. Just a thought. sometimes things like a change in the way you were doing things can reveal a new problem that you hadn't run into before. Good luck to you. Its darn cold in Co./ Ron Thompson -Waller, Tx. 1995 WLWB 42' (cockyfox@...) --- On Sun, 11/1/09, homesicktexans_33009 wrote: From: homesicktexans_33009 Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Jo and Paul Carver Have Trouble in Snowy Colorado!! Could use help! To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009, 3:19 PM UPDATE. UPDATE. Thanks for all of the replies. I just talked to Jo and Paul Carver. They are managing on generator power. They have moved to 4 different sites in the park and everytime they plug in the power cord, they get reversed polarity. However, they do have a recommended repair source and they will go there on Tuesday. Oh and Ron Thompson, they have a 1993 Wanderlodge widebody, with an electric refrigerator. I forgot to include that info. Thanks again, Liz Pearce Jack and Liz Pearce Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB40 D'Hanis, TX Buena Vista, CO --- In WanderlodgeForum@ yahoogroups. com, Ron Thompson wrote: > > What about the inside breaker panel? doesn't that have a main breaker? Just a suggestion. I can't see their RV year so don't have any idea where their breaker panel is.? > > Ron Thompson -Waller, Tx. > > 1995 WLWB 42' > > (cockyfox@.. .) > > --- On Sun, 11/1/09, gregory O greg@... wrote: > > From: gregory O greg@... > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Jo and Paul Carver Have Trouble in Snowy Colorado!! Could use help! > To: WanderlodgeForum@ yahoogroups. com > Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009, 9:09 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > . If they first prove the campgrounds electric source to be ok, then it is the bus. Easiest way to prove the shore source is to move to a new location or use another pedistal in the park. > > > > take emery cloth to the shore plug prongs. > > > > I would then dis-connect the wires to the transfer switch and test each wire for continuity to each other and resistance alone. > > > > if the gen-set works everything correctly, then the circuits and paths after the power transfer switch are ok. it sounds like they have issue with the shore cord or the transfer switch. to test: shorepower the bus on the bus-side of the transfer switch, then the shore side of the transfer switch, results will reveal problem. > > > > remember to look for the cause once the problem is found. > > > > Greg > > 94ptca > > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@ yahoogroups. com, "homesicktexans_ 33009" wrote: > > > > > > Howdy. > > > I wrote to Jo and Paul Carver. They are in cold Colorado, Canon City and > > > could use some help. I have posted some of their email below: > > > > > > Yes we are! And, we have no electric service or water and got snowed in > > > for 2 days!!!! Something happened about 4 nights ago, our power went > > > out in the middle of the night. Paul went outside, in 20 degree > > > temperature, to reset the breaker. . . . no nothing happened, we were > > > dead. Ran the generator for a few hours to defrost a bit. Tried again > > > in the morning to reset the outside breaker, no luck. After 2 days of > > > us tring to run all the circuits down, etc. we finally called in an RV > > > repairman from just east of Canon City. He spend 4 hours checking > > > things out and he was lost. He left and called us back yesterday to > > > give us the name and phone number of a person to contact. Long story > > > short, we are heading to N/E of Colorado Springs on Tuesday morning and > > > HOPEFULLY this guy can get us back in operation. Also, our water pumps > > > froze and cracked, so now they leak. > > > > > > I looked in the database but couldn't find any service place for them. > > > If you know of any resources near Canon City, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, > > > or Denver, please post it here. I am trying to find Jo's phone number > > > also. > > > > > > TIA, > > > Liz > > > Regards, > > > > > > Currently in Spring Branch, TX > > > >