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01-23-2020, 02:41 PM #1
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Intermittent power loss at some receptacles
I have a 2020 Reflection 29RS that we just got in Sept. Our maiden voyage was a 6-week, 4000 mile trip around the Colorado Plateau. The new unit performed perfectly. After being home a couple months, we headed to FL for the winter & have been here since early Jan. So far, so good. Then, just 2 nights ago (1/21), when I got up in the night, I noticed that both the clock we keep by the bed and my pacemaker monitor were off (both plugged into 120v outlets in the bedroom). Before I got back to sleep, the power came back on. The next morning this happened again. I checked the shore power cable. 12v is good. No breakers tripped. And the only outlets affected are the 4 in the bedroom and the 2 under the hutch in the kitchen. The outlet behind the TV and the 2 at the ends of the couch are fine, so it's just one circuit. I tightened down all of the screws holding the wires in the breaker box. I also pulled out each of the affected outlets & moved around the wires to make sure the blades had cut the insulation & were making good contact. Yet throughout the day and night, the power will go off at those receptacles for anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes, then come back on. Sometimes it may cycle on and off 4 or 5 times in quick succession. Customer Service will be my next stop, but I thought I'd see if anyone out there has had a similar experience or any ideas on how to track down the problem. Thanks in advance.
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01-23-2020, 05:23 PM #2
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Couple of posts sound a bit like your problem.
Those outlets may all be on one of the 50A incoming power legs, L1 or L2.
I wonder if there might be a problem with the power on one leg from the pedestal where it's dropping out for a bit.
Lost AC power to the Hutch RLTS 315 https://www.mygrandrv.com/forum/show...Hutch-RLTS-315
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Outlets https://www.mygrandrv.com/forum/show.../26683-Outlets- Gene
Kim & Gene
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01-23-2020, 06:29 PM #3
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Check where the power cable connects to the RV. Easy for it to be loose.
John & Kathy
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01-25-2020, 07:45 AM #4
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I was talking about this to a couple of friends last night. They both said they had experienced similar problems. It turned out to be a problem at the park's pedestal. I called maintenance this morning. The guy didn't seem surprised by my description. He pulled out the board containing the 50A breaker & receptacle & showed me where the contacts were burned. He took a file to the blades inside the pedestal then put in a new board with breaker & receptacle. Hopefully this will remedy the problem.
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01-25-2020, 10:47 AM #5
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Yep - we had a very similar problem with the park power where we are currently staying. It turned out to be a bad 50-amp breaker in the park power pedestal (just one side). I couldn't prove it was bad with my VOM - and neither could electrician who came out. He replaced the breaker and the problem was solved.
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01-26-2020, 05:50 AM #6
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24 hrs without the power dropping out, so that seems to have taken care of the problem. Thanks to those who wrote in with suggestions.
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