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Help !! Too much current into coach questions

Yahoo Message Number: 23713
I had an electrician wire up a new 50-amp service plug in my warehouse. I already had it in one place but wanted a plug closer to the coach. Where the coach sits now there is "regular" 110. I have been plugged into that with the 30-amp cord and a reducer to the 110 plug. So he goes and pulls wire and wires up a 30 amp plug, 3 wire 240- volt appliance service type. Not so bad as I was not there and would check it before I plug in?. trying to help, he goes and plugs it in !! So I had 240 going into the coach.
I get here today and find the reefer on propane and nothing working.

So far I've found TV's, Micro, Generator, etc all work on inverter setting. Generator I had to start from the outside. Generator is running ok it seems, but nothing works inside off 120 V.
I have checked the breakers and fuses. All seem ok. So what is burned out or where do I go to "reset" whatever I need to reset ??

Re: Help !! Too much current into coach questions

Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 23715
I think you have a 2001 Intrigue.

You should have a Surge Guard in the bedroom closet behind a clear plastic cover. See if the Over/Under light is on. Normal operation is Line1/2 lights should be on and the other 2 lights off.

If Over/Under light is on I have no idea what to do; read the manual, but if on it probably saved your tail.

Since the 110's are working ok off the inverter, your problem is probably in the area of the 110 comming into the coach.

Richard Aquino
2001 Intrigue.

Quote from: matsprt1984
I had an electrician wire up a new 50-amp service plug in my

warehouse. I already had it in one place but wanted a plug closer

to

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the coach. Where the coach sits now there is "regular" 110. I have > been plugged into that with the 30-amp cord and a reducer to the

110

Quote
plug. So he goes and pulls wire and wires up a 30 amp plug, 3 wire

240-

Quote
volt appliance service type. Not so bad as I was not there and

would

Quote
check it before I plug in?. trying to help, he goes and plugs it

in !!

Quote
So I had 240 going into the coach.

I get here today and find the reefer on propane and nothing

working.

Quote
>

So far I've found TV's, Micro, Generator, etc all work on inverter > setting. Generator I had to start from the outside. Generator is > running ok it seems, but nothing works inside off 120 V.

I have checked the breakers and fuses. All seem ok. So what is

burned
 

Re: Help !! Too much current into coach questions

Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 23718
Richard,

You are correct on serveral points. Yes I have a 2001 Intrigue (#11224). I also have a power switch and below that a Surge Guard.
The Over/Under light was on...I turned the key off and then on and that light went out. Now only the normal two lights are on.

I think that the generator and shore power are both "outside" the power switch / surge guard ?? and that is why I'm not getting 110 into the coach via the generator. Now I did run the generator for a time and it seemed that the batteries were getting a charge. So maybe the batteries are also outside the surge guard / power switch ??

So I'll read the power switch and surge guard manuals and see what they say. I suspect that I'll be replacing one or the other.

Michael

01' Intrigue #11224

Quote from: Richard Aquino
>

I think you have a 2001 Intrigue.

You should have a Surge Guard in the bedroom closet behind a clear > plastic cover. See if the Over/Under light is on. Normal operation > is Line1/2 lights should be on and the other 2 lights off.

If Over/Under light is on I have no idea what to do; read the > manual, but if on it probably saved your tail.

Since the 110's are working ok off the inverter, your problem is > probably in the area of the 110 comming into the coach.

Richard Aquino
2001 Intrigue.

[quote author=matsprt1984"

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> I had an electrician wire up a new 50-amp service plug in my > > warehouse. I already had it in one place but wanted a plug

closer

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to

> the coach. Where the coach sits now there is "regular" 110. I

have

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been plugged into that with the 30-amp cord and a reducer to the > 110

> plug. So he goes and pulls wire and wires up a 30 amp plug, 3

wire

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240-

> volt appliance service type. Not so bad as I was not there and > would

> check it before I plug in?. trying to help, he goes and plugs it > in !!

> So I had 240 going into the coach.
>

> I get here today and find the reefer on propane and nothing > working.
>

> So far I've found TV's, Micro, Generator, etc all work on

inverter