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[VAC] Re: Water & electric
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>Somewhere in here I am asking :
>Should the ground circuit be kept as a separate circuit from ground prong in
>the outlet to the ground prong on the park outlet??
Yes.
>Should I dig into the generator to make sure the neutral is not grounded??
No- the generator is a special case- there is no potential between
it and the "true" ground.
>Should the skin be grounded??
Yes- the ground bar in the breaker box should have a wire running
to a "chassis bonding lug"- IOW, the trailer frame, skin, etc.
>Should I be using a tester and adapters to match the pole outlet and If I
>see the pole is reversed, then what would be a prudent next step... ask for
>another slot??
Absolutely.
>I have not been checking the park voltage... should I be??? Low voltage
>messes up motors and high messes up some of my other stuff....
Probably you should be checking the voltage- I never did, but
parks have gotten more overloaded than when I got to actually *enjoy* my
Airstream <g>.
Chris Bryant
Bryant RV Services
DeLand, Florida
mailto:bryantrv@totcon.com