05-25-2014, 02:44 PM
Good points Forest. Especially during busy, hot weather, many parks just can't keep the voltage up and it becomes a vicious downward spiral of breakers tripping until the load drops enough to support those remaining. I drove down to Temecula, CA during the a busy summer season and had to run my generator because the park was warning everyone not to use park power until it cooled down as it had dropped to 105 volts. Folks around me without generators were sitting outside sweating and we were running our generator and nice and cool.
The internal wiring in the power cord can work loose and the receptacles in some parks can open up enough that they aren't getting good connections.
Worst power situation I had was in Sault St. Marie, MI in August of 2001. The old park had only 30 amp service with low voltage and every time I turned on an AC, it blew their main fuse (yes FUSE rather than breaker) so they had to go into town and buy more of the old, expensive screw in glass 200 amp fuses to get power back on to the entire park. Neither the park owners nor I were happy campers as the temperature was in the 90's with high humidity and no one could use their air conditioning.
The internal wiring in the power cord can work loose and the receptacles in some parks can open up enough that they aren't getting good connections.
Worst power situation I had was in Sault St. Marie, MI in August of 2001. The old park had only 30 amp service with low voltage and every time I turned on an AC, it blew their main fuse (yes FUSE rather than breaker) so they had to go into town and buy more of the old, expensive screw in glass 200 amp fuses to get power back on to the entire park. Neither the park owners nor I were happy campers as the temperature was in the 90's with high humidity and no one could use their air conditioning.