Neutral / ground.........new outlet would call electrician back , could be a bad or loose connection at the plug or faulty GFI
are you using a standard 110 outlet.........a 30 amp 3 blade or a 4 pin 50?
This is important to answer your question......on a 110 nutral / ground will only affect gfi
30 amp with a bad nuetral ground will have no return so voltage will be floating up and down on your meter but now power is downstream
if your protector is portable....check plug and outlet of the unit for burn marks or heating / check plug for loose tines or cord damage
-- Edited by Lucky Mike on Monday 22nd of October 2012 04:46:19 PM
-- Edited by Lucky Mike on Monday 22nd of October 2012 04:52:29 PM
kb0zke said
11:09 PM Oct 22, 2012
I finally got an outlet installed so I can plug our little mpg in without having to use an extension cord and adaptor. I have a Progressive Industries portable surge protector which is always used. I plugged in the surge protector, and the lights said I had an "Open neutral." Grrrr. Turned power off and checked all connections. All tight, and the meter says all is good, at least as far as I can test. Power back on, and now it says open ground. ????? Power off, check everything again. All good. Power back on and plugged everything in.
I'm wondering if the problem is with the surge protector. The green surge protection light is on, so I would assume that it hasn't taken a jolt, but who knows. Oh yes, voltage is about 125.
Ideas?
RVRon said
06:14 PM Oct 25, 2012
We have the Progressive Industries hard wired model but I'm sure the portable works the same. If you have either an open neutral or an open ground then the unit will not allow electricity to pass through the unit to your RV. When you say you're testing with a meter do you mean a multi-meter? If so you should get a voltage reading from hot to neutral and hot to ground. If either fails then you have a wiring problem somewhere along the line. If the meter shows voltage with those 2 tests then I'd plug the PI unit into another outlet somewhere and see if it's working OK.
Neutral / ground.........new outlet would call electrician back , could be a bad or loose connection at the plug or faulty GFI
are you using a standard 110 outlet.........a 30 amp 3 blade or a 4 pin 50?
This is important to answer your question......on a 110 nutral / ground will only affect gfi
30 amp with a bad nuetral ground will have no return so voltage will be floating up and down on your meter but now power is downstream
if your protector is portable....check plug and outlet of the unit for burn marks or heating / check plug for loose tines or cord damage
-- Edited by Lucky Mike on Monday 22nd of October 2012 04:46:19 PM
-- Edited by Lucky Mike on Monday 22nd of October 2012 04:52:29 PM
I finally got an outlet installed so I can plug our little mpg in without having to use an extension cord and adaptor. I have a Progressive Industries portable surge protector which is always used. I plugged in the surge protector, and the lights said I had an "Open neutral." Grrrr. Turned power off and checked all connections. All tight, and the meter says all is good, at least as far as I can test. Power back on, and now it says open ground. ????? Power off, check everything again. All good. Power back on and plugged everything in.
I'm wondering if the problem is with the surge protector. The green surge protection light is on, so I would assume that it hasn't taken a jolt, but who knows. Oh yes, voltage is about 125.
Ideas?
We have the Progressive Industries hard wired model but I'm sure the portable works the same. If you have either an open neutral or an open ground then the unit will not allow electricity to pass through the unit to your RV. When you say you're testing with a meter do you mean a multi-meter? If so you should get a voltage reading from hot to neutral and hot to ground. If either fails then you have a wiring problem somewhere along the line. If the meter shows voltage with those 2 tests then I'd plug the PI unit into another outlet somewhere and see if it's working OK.