Re: Camp Ground Electricity and Your RV
- From: w_tom <w_tom1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 15:37:44 -0400
Appreciate that the yellow test thingy (an AC receptacle
tester) cannot report a good safety ground. It can only
detect failures - a bad safety ground. IOW it can only report
some failures; not all.
Road Princess wrote:
> I thought I'd share a few helpful hints.
>
> I am elictrically challenged, but I do understand a little about voltage
> and enough about circuits to check them.
>
> I don't have any fancy equipment. I have one of those little yellow
> tester plugs from the hardware store that I keep plugged into a 15 to 30
> amp adapter. I don't know its technical name. I call it a "yellow,
> yellow, red thingie". I plug it into the CG electrical box and make
> sure I see the two yellow lights and no red lights. This tells me that
> there is power and that the box is wired correctly.
>
> In the coach, I have an inexpensive voltage meter. This one is on a
> wire, with a plug like a lamp's. It's not digital. It is mainly made for
> testing how much voltage an appliance has so it has another plug on it.
> In the trailer I didn't need the outlet, but in the motorhome, I do, so
> the fact that it has a built-in receptacle is a help.
>
> I always know what the voltage coming into the coach is. I can shut off
> one appliance to run another if necessary or put the fridge on gas.
>
> As I mentioned in a post on another thread, we use a TRC brand
> SurgeGuard powerline monitor. This gizmo has saved our bacon more times
> than I care to count. It will cut off power to the RV is the voltage is
> too low or too high then continuously test the line until it's safe to
> turn the power back on. If there is something wrong with the power, a
> danger light comes on and the power won't go to the coach. That's how I
> knew that the guy who put in our electrical pedestal did it wrong. The
> tester showed the polarities were correct, but the TRC showed danger.
> When I plugged the volgage meter into the pedestal and the needle flew
> to the end of the meter, I knew something was wrong at the box.
>
> I think of these gadgets as insurance.
>
> 04 Allegro Bay 37D; $$
> 05 Honda Civic sedan; $
> RORT friends to help answer my questions; priceless
>
> --
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> http://www.travelnewsgroups.com
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