joebedford
Home for the summer.
Senior Member
Joined: 09/03/2003
View Profile
|
BB_TX wrote:Very hard to believe "all" breakers are tripping.
Yeah, I don't understand that either. Why would an overload on one circuit cause all breakers to trip? Something very wrong with that.
|
pianotuna
Regina, SK, Canada
Senior Member
Joined: 12/18/2004
View Profile
 Offline
|
joebedford,
I agree. But it might be the chinese telegraph effect. At least I'm hoping so.
Still no trips and it has been over 24 hours.
Regards, Don
My ride is a 28 foot Class C, 256 watts solar, 556 amp-hours of Telcom jars, 3000 watt Magnum hybrid inverter, Sola Basic Autoformer, Microair Easy Start.
|
joebedford
Home for the summer.
Senior Member
Joined: 09/03/2003
View Profile
|
OK I'll bite: "chinese telegraph effect"?
|
MrWizard
Traveling
Moderator
Joined: 06/27/2004
View Profile
Offline
|
Somebody wired two cords together to do what one cord is supposed to be doing ! That's an electrical code violation, an a host of possible problems, I understand emergency survival temporary rigging, but that never should been left in place,
This dogbone adapter, is this duplex male at house with Gerry rigged 50 amp cord. From there too 5th wheel ?
If So with the loads you mentioned it is likely an open neutral, burned inside one of the connections 50 amp service cord is required to be 6ga wire, from your description those cords are 10ga or less, I don't know what if anything is damage inside the TT, but your friend needs to replace the cord situation and reduce loads to 20 amps or less because a 15 amp duplex outlet is not going to safely handle that much load, it's possible the neutral is burned off at the duplex at the house ,
If the doggone is 50amp at the house and 15amp going to the trailer, again the load is too much for the cords and the 15 amp female on the dogbone adapter
I can explain it to you.
But I Can Not understand it for you !
....
Connected using T-Mobile Home internet and Visible Phone service
1997 F53 Bounder 36s
|
StirCrazy
Kamloops, BC, Canada
Senior Member
Joined: 07/16/2003
View Profile
|
MrWizard wrote:Somebody wired two cords together to do what one cord is supposed to be doing ! That's an electrical code violation, an a host of possible problems,
I admit it's not the right way to do things, but really you could use four separate wires as long as they all had proper insulation sheathing and were terminated properly with strain relief. do I like it, not really, as it would be a pain to deal with unless they taped them together and then it would be stiff, and besides it just looks wrong haha
2014 F350 6.7 Platinum
2016 Cougar 330RBK
1991 Slumberqueen WS100
|
|
|
pianotuna
Regina, SK, Canada
Senior Member
Joined: 12/18/2004
View Profile
Offline
|
joebedford wrote:OK I'll bite: "chinese telegraph effect"?
A group of people start with a message. Person 1 tells person 2; person 2 tells person 3; person 3 tells person 4; and ect.
After about 6 or 7 whispered messages--the original message is lost.
|
