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09-22-2020, 10:00 AM
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Outdoors RV Owners Club
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Power cord lights
Hey all,
The back ground: I had to store my trailer at a buddies place while my house was getting painted. A 50ft 14ga extension cord ran from his house to his trailer, I had my trailer plugged into the outside outlet of his trailer, the usual stuff running in both, fridge, co detector, batts charging.
What I noticed was on the house plug side of my power cord (on the grab handle) a little red LED light was on along with the blue LED, I'm assuming this indicates low voltage? everything was working in the trailer. I didn't bother checking with the volt meter, just unplugged and came home. I did check when I plugged back into my house, no little red LED just the blue one was on.
I'm assuming it was indicating a low voltage situation, any one else come across this?
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09-22-2020, 10:09 AM
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It's possible that was a low voltage indicator. 50 feet of 14ga wire can cause a voltage drop once there is a draw from the trailer systems.
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09-22-2020, 11:28 AM
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Not sure how a power cord could detect low voltage but it can easly detect reverse polarity.
If its a Furrion power cord, Red is reverse polarity.
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09-22-2020, 11:55 AM
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Yes it's a Furrion, didn't even think about that. I'll have to check his receptacle.
Thanks.
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2008 Dodge 3500 4x4, 6.7, delete, LB, 6 spd man. Firestone bags.
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09-22-2020, 12:24 PM
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Yup, could be his outlet or cord. May be his RV.
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09-22-2020, 04:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by twinboat
Yup, could be his outlet or cord. May be his RV.
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LOL..wouldn't be surprised if it's his power cord, you know the type...he's handy. I've seen him do some stupid [Mod Edit]!
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2008 Dodge 3500 4x4, 6.7, delete, LB, 6 spd man. Firestone bags.
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09-23-2020, 09:16 PM
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14ga cord is too small. 12ga is barely adequate. 10ga on a 20A circuit is what I would go with.
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10-03-2020, 09:48 PM
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Senior Member
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Quote:
Originally Posted by twinboat
Yup, could be his outlet or cord. May be his RV.
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Finally got up too buddies place today and checked things out...outlet in his shop was reversed..thanks again... didn’t even think about reverse polarity.
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2008 Dodge 3500 4x4, 6.7, delete, LB, 6 spd man. Firestone bags.
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