Re: Wyoming Trip Report (May-Jun 2025)

On 6/24/2025 2:01 PM, Ted Heise wrote:

On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:20:33 -0500,
   sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

  On 6/24/2025 10:20 AM, Ted Heise wrote:

I recalled also that the power testing device I use each time
on a new campsite before plugging in the trailer had shown an
error at the suspect campsite (though it came up all green
after I shut off the 30 A and tried a second time).
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My conclusion was that the camp power was the culprit, maybe
having a ground fault somewhere.  And that the new outlet I
bought was either not quite right for the trailer or was
somehow defective.  In any case, all worked fine the rest of
the trip.

 

  I'm curious about this "power testing device" you use.  Do you
  just test what is coming out of the box and then put it away,
  or is it always on the line in case of surges or other faults?

 It was part of a kit I bought from the dealer when I picked up the
trailer, this has info on it...
 https://www.camperid.com/progressive-industries/30a-straight-male-x-30a-straight-female-surge-protector-kit-mpn-psk-30.html?srsltid=AfmBOopcVW-a4eQzYMYZp_IGrUh67mzmMuHKhJnFsHJLZaCAO9DrImLM
 https://tinyurl.com/msyjrs3s
 And yes, after testing I put it away.  I have no idea how robust
the surge protector is, I just use it.

OK.  So you plug in the tester and if that is ok you put the surge module in and plug into that.  Then on, you are protected from low/high voltage and power surges.  That was what I was interested in.

There has been a place or two (inluding the site with the
problematic power) where the plug in panel didn't have a cover.
Strikes me as suboptimal if it rains.

Also it's probably illegal almost everywhere.  That's it can kill you power.

  FWIW, I use a Power Watchdog and it works nicely, though I did
  have to cover up the one side as it had a ridiculous bright
  light coming off of it.

 Is this some device that goes inside the trailer?  If it goes on
the plug in pedestal, it must be *really* bright to be a bother.

It goes in at the pedestal.  You plug it in and it can be connected to from your phone.  Gives a readout of current voltages and how much you have used.  As far as the light, it was ridiculous that they would think it is OK for it to be as bright as it was.  Now I'm very wary of not intruding on other people's enjoyment of things, and having this bright a light seemed ridiculous.  Many other people have complained about it, and they sell some kind of cloth cover to lessen the brightness.  I opted to use black gorilla tape and make it blacked out.  Cut a piece of cardboard to fit and wrapped the whole thing.  It is a pricey unit, so I also got a couple cable locks to secure the thing.
<https://hughesautoformers.com/product/pwd30-epo/>
As crappy as the electric can be in these parks some kind of protection is required.  The water can also be very bad in some places.  I have two water pressure regulators, small so I keep a spare, and I don't let it go over 40 psi.  They have to have a big pump and pressure system to supply all the park and you don't want to be hooked up when it goes up and blows out all your pipes.
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