We bought or camper last fall. While still under warranty, We were at the beach a few months ago, and found the electric off, and bedroom TV, central vac, and microwave blown. The thread can be found here: //heartlandowners.org/showthread.php/40478-bad-transfer-switch
Now for an update:
The dealer says the appliances arent covered under warranty, but Progressive Dynamics says the only symptoms of an Open Neutral is usually only a series of blown appliances. I forwarded this to Heartland. Now Holman motors, determined it is from a power surge, said they replaced the bedroom TV, and central vac from ones they had as a good faith gesture. We picked up the camper on friday, over the weekend installed a wired in surge protector AFTER the transfer switch to protect appliances. It was about $300, and another one that hangs on the pedestal to protect the transfer switch. We arrived at the campground on the 2nd. Plugged the pedestal one in, checked the lights, everything was OK, then plugged the camper in. Lights looked good on the wired in one. Went inside, and found the bedroom TV and central vac dont work,and assumed blown again. We never replaced the microwave yet, thank goodness. We wondered if the new appliances has been missed and not installed, but Holman's assures us they were. So if $100 surge protector on pedestal didnt find a problem, and the wired one from progressive didnt show a problem, then it would seem there IS a problem in the wiring AFTER the transfer switch and AFTER the surge protector since the surge protector and switch both still work. And the S. protectors never indicated a problem. Now what do we do?
Now for an update:
The dealer says the appliances arent covered under warranty, but Progressive Dynamics says the only symptoms of an Open Neutral is usually only a series of blown appliances. I forwarded this to Heartland. Now Holman motors, determined it is from a power surge, said they replaced the bedroom TV, and central vac from ones they had as a good faith gesture. We picked up the camper on friday, over the weekend installed a wired in surge protector AFTER the transfer switch to protect appliances. It was about $300, and another one that hangs on the pedestal to protect the transfer switch. We arrived at the campground on the 2nd. Plugged the pedestal one in, checked the lights, everything was OK, then plugged the camper in. Lights looked good on the wired in one. Went inside, and found the bedroom TV and central vac dont work,and assumed blown again. We never replaced the microwave yet, thank goodness. We wondered if the new appliances has been missed and not installed, but Holman's assures us they were. So if $100 surge protector on pedestal didnt find a problem, and the wired one from progressive didnt show a problem, then it would seem there IS a problem in the wiring AFTER the transfer switch and AFTER the surge protector since the surge protector and switch both still work. And the S. protectors never indicated a problem. Now what do we do?