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Bob86ZZ4 · 06-25-2010, 03:14 PM

Wow, that's too bad about how they built it with no access for service. Looks like you're going to do it right now tho. Wow, that picture showing how they had it set up at first looks pretty bad. I think I'd call them and tell them you found that and aren't satisfied with their shoddy work there. At least the boss should know somebody didn't do a very good job. But maybe it is a good job and I just don't know enough about it? Get some more opinions.

About that grounding issue. I don't know very much about electricity. But, I think you want to keep your grounds and neutrals seperate either back to the pole (service hookup at the campground) or the generator. I can't tell from the picture but just want to make sure that that neutral bus bar isn't connected to the box in any way. The ground bus bar should be connected to the box and it looks like it is. That way the ground path is discrete all the way to wherever your electrical is coming from.

And another thing. I thought ground wires could only be green or bare? What's with those blue ones? You can use other color wires but you have to re-code them with the proper color tape on each end. So, that electrician should have wrapped some green tape around those blue wires I thought?

I wouldn't think it would matter about running those two ground wires to the chassis and bolting them to the same point. It's just that you want that neutral kept seperate. On the circuits where you removed some of those ground wires and used your junction boxes to extend from back to the box, did you use a larger wire to run from the box to the junction/device box? I can't tell from the pictures. You know what I mean? You don't want the possibility of the ground wire overheating if there was a short circuit to ground. Each seperate hot wire should have it's own equal size ground and neutral I think? I'm guessing you've accounted for that tho. Just can't tell from the pictures.

What about just using a 30 amp gfci breaker on the pole where you plug in at the park? Don't they sell them in a nice weather proof plug thing?

What about that damaged charger converter? I suppose it's out of warranty now? Was there any ventilation for it? How come it pooped out?

06-25-2010, 03:14 PM	#2
Bob86ZZ4 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 1,819	Wow, that's too bad about how they built it with no access for service. Looks like you're going to do it right now tho. Wow, that picture showing how they had it set up at first looks pretty bad. I think I'd call them and tell them you found that and aren't satisfied with their shoddy work there. At least the boss should know somebody didn't do a very good job. But maybe it is a good job and I just don't know enough about it? Get some more opinions. About that grounding issue. I don't know very much about electricity. But, I think you want to keep your grounds and neutrals seperate either back to the pole (service hookup at the campground) or the generator. I can't tell from the picture but just want to make sure that that neutral bus bar isn't connected to the box in any way. The ground bus bar should be connected to the box and it looks like it is. That way the ground path is discrete all the way to wherever your electrical is coming from. And another thing. I thought ground wires could only be green or bare? What's with those blue ones? You can use other color wires but you have to re-code them with the proper color tape on each end. So, that electrician should have wrapped some green tape around those blue wires I thought? I wouldn't think it would matter about running those two ground wires to the chassis and bolting them to the same point. It's just that you want that neutral kept seperate. On the circuits where you removed some of those ground wires and used your junction boxes to extend from back to the box, did you use a larger wire to run from the box to the junction/device box? I can't tell from the pictures. You know what I mean? You don't want the possibility of the ground wire overheating if there was a short circuit to ground. Each seperate hot wire should have it's own equal size ground and neutral I think? I'm guessing you've accounted for that tho. Just can't tell from the pictures. What about just using a 30 amp gfci breaker on the pole where you plug in at the park? Don't they sell them in a nice weather proof plug thing? What about that damaged charger converter? I suppose it's out of warranty now? Was there any ventilation for it? How come it pooped out? __________________ '03 Freightliner FL112, 295" wheel base, with '03 United Specialties 26' living quarters, single screw, Cat C12 430 h/p 1650 torque, Eaton 10speed , 3.42 rear axle ratio