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Old 07-28-2011, 08:12 AM   #1
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As we speak, I'am hooked to What's suppose to be 30amp service at Campground, I changed Magnum to 30amp Shore Power, HOWEVER My Genset keeps starting, Apparently It's a very weak 30amp Power source from Campground., Should I disconnect from Shore Power Completely.
Could it harm some of My components?.

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Old 07-28-2011, 08:30 AM   #2
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If the voltage coming from the power pedestal is low your air conditioning motors will run hotter and if run for a prolonged period of time the motors will loose service life. Voltages between 114 and 108 should be watched carefully, and voltages below 108 volts cause the loss of service life the more they operate at and below that voltage level.

Resistive loads such as your electric water heater suffer performance problems but no damage. It's only the motor loads that could be damaged.

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Old 07-28-2011, 08:53 AM   #3
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Thanks Rjay, We are at Circle R Campground, Oshkosh Wisconsin attending Air Show, No One is allowed to Run AC units Campground rules, apparently because of Poor electrical service here, I was not informed (NOR DID I ASK) before arriving at Circle R, Had I known I would Not have sent payment in advance, I guess I learned valuable lesson to ASK.
The only thing I have running would be My tv's, which I understand should not be a problem.
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I agree with everything that RJay posted.

There are three other things I would like to point out. If it were me and the CG mandated NO A/C's but didn't notify you in advance, I would have asked for a refund and gone someplace else. That is absolutely absurd. Were the CG site fees FREE or $5 per night seeing that you weren't receiving complete RV hookups?

Were they not allowing people to run their generators so that they could use their A/C's?

For me, knowing that during my travels throughout the North American Continent, there is no guarantee that I will have GOOD power supplied to my coach everywhere I travel. So I invested in two very important electrical devices. #1 - Power-Master Voltage Booster and #2 - Progressive HW50C EMS system. Those two items will assure me that I will never have any electrical problems with shore power regardless of wherever I happen to be traveling at the time.

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Old 07-31-2011, 06:20 AM   #5
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Thanks DR, I will Purchase tester as You described!

Regarding CG, It was The only One avail during Show, Also they did provide Shuttle (FOR A FEE OF COURSE) to the Show. That was the only GOOD Thing about camping there.

Thanks for Your advice!.
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