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Old 09-12-2012, 08:13 PM   #21
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I feel your pain. See a thread I started on 7/8 titled "Power Converter Issue". I lost my power converter unit, television, entertainment unit (radio, CD, DVD, etc.) and microwave. Saved the air, furnace, hot water heater, and fridge. Estimate--$2100+. Marcusfan was very lucky in how hers turned out. Luckily insurance covered mine less deductible. Good luck and let us know how it turns out.
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Old 09-12-2012, 09:35 PM   #22
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A good power monitor/surge protector would be a much cheaper investment. Learned the hard way from a power surge at home while coach was hooked up. (without protection) Never thought this would happen at home. Cost me 2 TV's in coach. I was lucky that was all it cost.

You can bet your sweet bipi that there is a Progressive Industries power monitor hooked up anytime coach is plugged in.
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Old 09-13-2012, 06:02 AM   #23
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I was so worried when we had a 50 AMP put in at home. He was an electrician but I have read all the horror stories. We did purchase a surge protector and it is ALWAYS at the end of the power cord! No matter where we are plugged in.
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Old 09-13-2012, 06:49 AM   #24
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If your going to take your camper to the dealer for insurance purposes and your converter / distribution center is a wfco brand up grade it to a progressive dynamics inteli power converter.
Even if your going to do it yourself pay the little extra for a PD power center.
As I stated start there.
I switched my unit in short order it's not that hard .
And get your electrician back to fix your outlet.

Please keep us updated.
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Old 09-13-2012, 07:33 AM   #25
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If your going to take your camper to the dealer for insurance purposes and your converter / distribution center is a wfco brand up grade it to a progressive dynamics inteli power converter.
Even if your going to do it yourself pay the little extra for a PD power center.
As I stated start there.
I switched my unit in short order it's not that hard .
And get your electrician back to fix your outlet.

Please keep us updated.
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X2

And it might help to print out the 'wiring a 30 amp outlet' pdf file to give to your electrician.

As you have read, it happens several times, so don't fret it.

As Awwall and EarthStation pointed out, adding a surge protector would have prevented this also.
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And it might help to print out the 'wiring a 30 amp outlet' pdf file to give to your electrician.
I bet the electrician only makes that mistake once !!!!!
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Old 09-13-2012, 09:02 AM   #27
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I would check with the electrician to see if he is bonded and insured. If he installed the proper recepticle for an RV, he should know that it is 120V only. The plug looks similar to a NEMA 10-30, which is 120/240, but an RV TT-30 is a 120V only recepticle. At least all my plugs and recepticles had always stated that.
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I would check with the electrician to see if he is bonded and insured. If he installed the proper recepticle for an RV, he should know that it is 120V only. The plug looks similar to a NEMA 10-30, which is 120/240, but an RV TT-30 is a 120V only recepticle. At least all my plugs and recepticles had always stated that.
I believe my (two) 30 amp plugs at my house say right on them .
(For rv use only 110 v.a.c.)
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The electrician is my friend/neighbor and I take full responsibility for this mess. I told him it was 220V.

**Update**

In the house panel on the 220V 30A breaker for the new outlet, I moved the neutral wire to the neutral bank and tested voltage at the outlet to be sure I was getting the correct voltage. I had 122.5 on one leg only. So I plugged in the trailer to the new outlet and turned on the main breaker in the trailer panel. Turned the indoor fridge on and the main light came on. The AC works and the outdoor fridge and microwave work as well. I heard the water heater hissing too, I need to hook up water to check for sure but the propane is off so it looks good. (An hour or so later I checked on the fridge and it's getting colder inside).

So far I have zero power to the living room TV and indoor microwave. If that's all I lost, I feel incredibly lucky and feel fairly confident I will win the next Powerball. I still need to pull the indoor microwave to see if there is a GFI behind it or even check and see if the bathroom GFI is popped.
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You need to check you converter output .
You may just be running on battery power as for as the lights go.

There's a trouble shooting guide in the files section upper left hand corner of web page.

I hope it only gets better for ya !

But man so far not to bad !


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I heard the water heater hissing too, I need to hook up water to check for sure but the propane is off so it looks good.
If you have the water heater set to AC, you need to make sure you have water in it, or you will burn up the heating element.
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Old 09-13-2012, 02:44 PM   #32
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You need to check you converter output .
You may just be running on battery power as for as the lights go.

There's a trouble shooting guide in the files section upper left hand corner of web page.

I hope it only gets better for ya !

But man so far not to bad !


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The fridge and water heater are running and the propane is off so they should be running off shore power right?. AC ran too, for a while actually then I shut it off. How should I check the converter output? Thanks.

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If you have the water heater set to AC, you need to make sure you have water in it, or you will burn up the heating element.
Yes there's water in there from last month.
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I hope the correct leg on the plug is hot!
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I hope the correct leg on the plug is hot!
WHAT?? Serious? Looking at the outlet, it's the one on the left.
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WHAT?? Serious? Looking at the outlet, it's the one on the left.
You can check here:


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The fridge and water heater are running and the propane is off so they should be running off shore power right?. AC ran too, for a while actually then I shut it off. How should I check the converter output? Thanks.

Yes there's water in there from last month.
Look in here to check your converter.
You need your model number

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Phew, mine's wired correctly. Great PDF, thank you.
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Old 09-13-2012, 03:20 PM   #39
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your pretty much the luckiest guy ever to mis wire a trailer!! LOL...i mean the initial 220 didnt fry much (or burn down the trailer), then you rewired it to 110 and took a great guess on the leg and again didnt fry anything!! i would say play powerball, but i think you used up all your luck for the week!

and nice excursion in the sig.....i bet its got purty turbo whistle!! mine sounds like a dual cat converted giant muffler v6.....my older buddies dont even believe me when i tell em its a diesel.....they expect tractor clak, as they call it!
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Even if you mis-wired, you probably wouldn't have done much damage. Had a mishap at a campground that had the plug wired wrong. After plugging in and setting up, I was in bare feet relaxing, went to walk inside and got zapped by the steps. Did some quick diagnostics and found that the recepticle had been wired wrong. Popped the breaker, rewired, and was good to go with nothing wrong whatsoever.
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