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rv park pedestal problems - encantotom - 09-10-2024

i helped a fellow guru today on the phone and i thought i would share this.

he called me and said that he had lost power for one of his 3 air conditioners (it is a 80's classic with roof airs)  and several plugs and things were dead.  

all of us have power meters for both legs of the power (voltage and amperage).  when this happens you just need to look at those and see if you have voltage of 120v on each leg. 

if not....it is most likely a power at the pedestal problem.  or in his case it could have been one of the contactors in his manual transfer switch.   

it ended up being a transformer at the park was losing power on one leg.  

if you are handy and experienced with a volt meter just check the power at the pedestal.  or get one of the 50a units that plug into the pedestal and then your cord plugs into it and it will tell you if your incoming power is ok.

tom

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