Yahoo Message Number: 4077 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/4077)
Don
Maybe I'm wrong but we were always told that we could short out the plug when we press it in unevenly. My wife is not real strong so when she puts in the plug it could go in at an angle and one prong could make contact without the other making contact and cause a short. That is why we throw the cg breaker until the plug is fully seated. Are we correct in doing this or is it unneccessary?
Bill G. 2001 Magna #5998
Yahoo Message Number: 4078 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/4078)
Bill, I fully agree with your reasoning. If the receptacle is hot and you insert the plug crookedly, you can cause an arc and burn the prongs and/or yourself. I realize we have a delay built into the coach, but that doesn't keep the receptacle from being hot.
I always flip the breaker off before plugging in.
Walt Rothermel
03Allure30811
Yahoo Message Number: 4079 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/4079)
There is no need to be concerned about arcs and burns. Since the Sureguard logic will initially draw a couple of MilliAmps and only turn the heavy load on after a couple of minutes, you can safely plug the 30 or 50 Amp plugs into a hot outlet.
Without the Sureguard, it would be a very good practice to go through the breaker off, plug in, breaker on steps.
There is still one good reason for this procedure: If you're clumsy and are likely to touch the prongs when you're inserting the plug into the outlet. I personally avoid even a remote chance of this by pushing the plug into the outlet with the palm of my hand, thus I never use the above procedure.
Yahoo Message Number: 4081 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/4081)
Walt
I agree!
I also flip the breaker off when I am disconnecting.
Tom Royer
2003 Allure 30858
Yahoo Message Number: 4083 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/4083)
I agree that it is unnecessary to turn the breaker at the campground power pole to the off position when plugging in the cord. It should be noted, however, that the keyed switch on the Surge Guard should be in the ON position and NOT the BYPASS position.
(And, by the way, I always turn the breaker off!)
Dick May
2002 Intrigue, #11438
Yahoo Message Number: 4152 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/4152)
Henk may be correct about how much current the coach is drawing. However, this has no relationship to how much current would flow from the plug, through your body, into the ground. That is a separate circuit.
We do a lot of dangerous things in our lives. Might as well eliminate the unnecessary ones. I always open the breaker before trying to plug anything in. 100 amps is a lot of electricity.
Steve, Intrigue 11294
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