Re: [A/S] AC repair needed

Also check your 30 amp connector. First see if it is warm to the touch (ie above ambient temps). If it is, the park post likely has a worn out connector. If you can wiggle any of the pins on your 30 amp connector or can see that that there appears to be some melting of the rubber where the pins go into the plug, you likely need to have the plug as that is indicative of previous/current overheating (cause is usually the park post receptacle being worn out) and once the damage is done, there is nothing to do but replace the plug. Any decent RV tech can replace the plug. It is better to replace the entire cord so as to maintain the watertight integrity of the molded plug, but that is a much more expensive proposition that just having a new plug installed. The first goal is to get the voltage at the post to agree with the voltage measure inside the trailer. Until that is resolved, it is useless to chase the AC problem since there may NOT be an AC problem at all. Be sure to use the same device to measure inside and out as there can be calibration issues between different meter. You should be able to take your killawatt and plug it into the standard wall outlet commonly installed along with the 30 and 50 amp connections at most park posts. This connection is exactly the same power connections as the 30 amp connection, so voltage measure there is a solid indication of what is actually at the post. Again, if there is a 4 volt difference at the post vs inside the trailer, that MUST be corrected. Whatever is causing the voltage drop will only be worse under heavy load such as the compressor starting. Also, remember that measuring the voltage does NOT mean that it never drops into a brown out condition at other times. I have seen park voltage that at times measured 125 volts and then would dip to around 105 for short periods.

David T
On Jun 18, 2012, at 1:46 PM, Anne Pearse Hocker wrote:

> Well, it has crapped out again. I 'll callDennis. Thanks!
> The camp manager just tested the outlet and said he was getting 120 but I am getting 116 on the killawatt.
>
> Fans will have to do for right now. It is over 90.....
>
> Anne
>
> Sent from my iPad which has an erratic spellcheck, so bear with me.
>
> On Jun 18, 2012, at 7:36 AM, D Welch <jtdjtd@tiac.net> wrote:
>
> > On 6/18/2012 6:18 AM, Anne Pearse Hocker wrote:
> >
> > Anne,
> >
> > My favorite RV tech in all the world is in Rapid City. He is a mobile
> > tech and can come to you. His name is Dennis Sides , phone is
> > 970-596-5856. He lives at Hart Ranch Resort, a membership resort, very
> > fancy and you can stay for 3 days for cheep if you listen to a sales talk.
> >
> > I think David is right, you might want to get a little meter that will
> > tell you about the power in such places.
> >
> > Daisy
> >
>
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