Jim:? Eggzackly.? The park is still almost empty, but I'm right next to the park buildings. I think it's the metro area, though. That's why they charge a premium for power between noon and 8pm every day here.? An electrician came out this morning at maybe 10am and pronounced the post just fine.? But when I got home this afternoon, my voltage meter read 102 at one point.? I quickly turned off the air.? Burn my stuff out.? For the two days I've been here, I noticed the meter starts to rise from about 5:30pm, significantly after 6pm, and it's leveled out a bit by 9.?
There's no 110 plug on the post, so I'm going to get an adapter tomorrow that will convert the 30amp to 110.? I have a digital multimeter, but I want to test my 110 digital voltage meter on the post.? I'll plug it in and sit there for a half hour or so in the heat of the afternoon and watch for fluctuations.? I'll have to run the generator to keep the cat alive inside the MH.? Do fridge, a/c, and converter sound about right?? I can't think of anything else using 110.? I don't even turn on the computer or a couple battery rechargers during the day.
I think only 115 comes in from the post.? 117 max late at night.? Figure a volt for the converter, 3 for the fridge, and 5 for the a/c.? So when I was showing only 102, the available voltage must have dropped to 110 at best.?
I took the voltage meter to an unoccupied trailer and to an empty lot where the post had a 110 plug, and both registered 115 this afternoon.? Maybe the power to this post is the only one affected.? I also got 115 on a plug outside the rec room.? None of these test sites had anything drawing on them.
If it's an inside problem, any suggestions what it might be?? I had no trouble plugged into the 30amp plug at my brother's yesterday.? The incoming power in Oregon was 120, so I didn't drop below 107; although, I could tell when others were drawing on the grid.? People tend to think the post has all the power for which it is wired.?
--pat