pegmikef
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Suddenly, last night my 120 volt lamp dimmed, then brightened, then off for a second, then back on. Same thing with the tv, fan and other things trailer wide. In a couple of instances it has been long enough for the frig to switch to gas and for the satellite receiver to lose its locational data.
It always is the same, a slight dip in power first, and then no power for a second or two, and then power restored and it seems to affect all circuits.
My first thought was the pedestal power. I have a progressive external EMS and it shows everything as normal and it seems like it is returning power too quickly if there is a drop or spike.
I have checked all breakers. I shut everything down, checked the plugs on the EMS to the pedestal and rig to EMS, and reset the pedestal circuit breaker. Turned things back on and after a few minutes it happened again.
I don't know if it might be related, but when we arrived at our site yesterday, we had no 12 volt power to anything in the rig until we hooked to shore power. Checked the batteries and they were at 12.7 volts so the converter wasn't charging them. Found and reset the tiny circuit break switch on one of the breakers and converter started charging at 13.5. The 120 volt problem didn't start until several hours later.
I think I may have lost the microwave in this deal.
Has anybody ever seen something like this or have any ideas what could be causing it?\
Thanks.
It always is the same, a slight dip in power first, and then no power for a second or two, and then power restored and it seems to affect all circuits.
My first thought was the pedestal power. I have a progressive external EMS and it shows everything as normal and it seems like it is returning power too quickly if there is a drop or spike.
I have checked all breakers. I shut everything down, checked the plugs on the EMS to the pedestal and rig to EMS, and reset the pedestal circuit breaker. Turned things back on and after a few minutes it happened again.
I don't know if it might be related, but when we arrived at our site yesterday, we had no 12 volt power to anything in the rig until we hooked to shore power. Checked the batteries and they were at 12.7 volts so the converter wasn't charging them. Found and reset the tiny circuit break switch on one of the breakers and converter started charging at 13.5. The 120 volt problem didn't start until several hours later.
I think I may have lost the microwave in this deal.
Has anybody ever seen something like this or have any ideas what could be causing it?\
Thanks.