No Shore Power

[Jim Owens]

We discovered a small problem with the 'Bird after we returnerd to
the home base for Christmas.

No shore power - 50a breaker tripping when reset. Replaced breaker,
verified power thru cordset - garage breaker trips when powered up,
even with the the main breaker in the 'Bird's panel off and the
selector switch in the stairwell off. Suspect the 50a inlet, there is
no arcing there but the smell of burned(ing) insulation when the
circuit is on, even though the gartage breaker trips immediately
after
energizing the circuit. (30a cordset on 20a adapter also trips the
20a breaker in the garage box on a separate circit.)

The elecctrical circuits were fine less than 10 days ago when we were
last in the 'Bird. When we left the water pump was turned off and
three
ceramic disk heaters were plugged in, one each in the bedroom,
kitchen and bath. This had protected the water lines until the latest
weather in
the teens... The refrigerator was plugged in to a separate cord on a
ground-fault protected garage circuit (no 120v ac plug in the
compartment for the fridge!?)

My wife started the generator but it has insuffficent rpm to generate
power, so that test of the selector switch and coach ac circuits
isn't available to help diagnose the problem.

I realize it's the holiday season and many are on the road and
otherwise
enjoying the season but any advice or trouble shooting tips would be
much appreciated. Only RV parts dealer open doen't have 50a inlets
available...

Currently annoying the daughter and her family by sleeping on the
couch
in her living room. She says I snore like a pig rooting for truffles!

Jim & Pam Owens
77 FC33SB (Gas)
currently at the home base near St. Louis