Burned up power cord -- what is the cause? What damage could there be?

[TravelTiger]

One more pic this is the neutral male from the cord embedded in the SurgeGuard.

 

[sjandbj]

One more pic this is the neutral male from the cord embedded in the SurgeGuard.View attachment 39201

What this shows me is the good Lord was watching over you two. This had disaster written all over it.

Steve

 

[porthole]

Also check to be sure your load is evenly distributed in the breaker box, I have seen some units with both AC's on one side.

You mean like two AC's, water heater and most outlets ...............

 

[TravelTiger]

You mean like two AC's, water heater and most outlets ...............

How do I check that?


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[Gaffer]

The neutral only carries the unbalance. If the loads are equal on both hot legs, the neutral current is zero.

Just a note but the burned connection was on the Neutral lead which has to support both 50A legs. It was loose and overheated. You are lucky in that the trailer could have been supplied with 240v with no Neutral and that would have been expensive.

Note: The less plug in connections used the better. Ergo hardwired unit.

 

[jnbhobe]

Look at the left and right sides of your circuit breaker box see what is on each side and move them to make it even

 

[TravelTiger]

John, I have one row of breakers running horizontally. Can you be more specific?


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[jnbhobe]

I would think then that every other breaker is on the same line. You have two 50 amp lines half the breakers are on one line half are on the other side.PM me a phone number and I'll talk you thru it, we are going to dinner now but I'll be back in a couple of hours.

 

[TravelTiger]

Sent you a PM.


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[olcoon]

The campground we are working at recently had an incident like this. I really wasn't involved in much, but the grunt work, but here is what I understand happened. Camper complained about his power, (don't know what the issue was), the CG owner checked the pedestal, and it was putting out the proper amount of power. Camper continued to use the pedestal, and sometime later was having problems again & called the CG owner back. Don't know exactly when it happened, but the plug was disconnected from the pedestal, and it was fried. Didn't see it, but sounded similar to your's Erika. The camper then stated that the last campground there had been some sort if issue with the plug-in surge protector. End result; camper had to replace his electrical cord, and we had to dig up & replace the pedestal with a new one.

On top of that heard today that there was a rocket scientist in the same site, who couldn't open the box to plug into the new pedestal, so he broke out his hammer & pry bar, and now the lid is totally messed up. Hope we don't have to replace it again!!!

 

[TravelTiger]

To follow up with this thread, the rv specialist/insurance adjuster said it looked like a surge, based on his experience. Because we are full-timers, besides comprehensive and personal effects coverage, we also have "emergency expense coverage". These covered the RV power cord and TV (items attached/came with the rv, comprehensive) the whole coach surge protector, and other indoor surge protectors that fried (personal effects) and our hotel stay while we were evaluating the damage (emergency expense). We purchased the replacement items the day the event happened and a few days after that got the new TV. Once the adjuster verified the damage, he checked the cost of replacement items and then issued a check (minus our deductible, $82.00) which we received less than a week later, along with reimbursement for the hotel expenses. I was very happy with the way Progressive handled this claim.

 

[Diamondjim]

Great that things worked out for you....AND a lesson much needed for some of us I'm sure.
Nice too, to know that Progressive seems to be a great place to put our faith in an insurance company.
We pick up our first 5er on Thursday, a 2011 Greystone 32RL, boy do we have lots to learn (refresh), as we've been off the road RVing for a number of years.
Sold our lake lot with a Breckenridge Park model.
Good luck down the road.

 

[justafordguy]

It's nice to hear of an insurance company actually standing behind a customer in stead of just taking their money for a change.