| Coachmen Shore Power Breaker woes. [message #289205] |
Thu, 22 October 2015 23:31  |
timthenomad
Messages: 63
Registered: June 2015
Location: Austin, TX
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Hi All,
My name is Tim. I've been lurking for a few months meaning to post a meet and greet message with the show and tell pictures of my "new to me coach" and all that, but I never got around to to it. So its straight on to the "can anyone help me with this problem post". Apologies for the lack of social grace.
So I currently have no shore power and a limited understanding of how AC electricity ought to behave. I own a 76 Birchaven and from my searching of the archives it looks like all of the Coachmen line have roughly the same AC electrical setup. A 30 amp shore power cord going into this Square D QO power box..
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/2778-royale/p39700-royale-power-transfer-rocker-switch.html
On mine the breaker on the shore power appears to be cooked. My search for the replacement part led me to this thread..
http://gmc.mybirdfeeder.net/GMCforum/index.php?t=msg&th=17677&goto=132421&rid=4886#msg_132421
Here is where I am confused. Are these 2 pole breakers? They take up 2 slots on the box and it would seem that this part would be a drop in replacement, but I thought 2 pole = 220 volt output..
http://www.lowes.com/pd_71820-296-QO230CP_1z10xmeZ1z0yt2m__?productId=3135067&pl=1
But if you do the 360 view thing of that back of it, it has two connection clips on the top rail and one on the bottom right. On the failed one I pulled out of mine it has one clip on the the top left and one on the bottom right. Is it just a matter of prying off the top right connector on the Lowes part, filling the void with liquid electrical tape. And Blissfully enjoying AC without the fear of the panel blowing up?
Thanks in Advance.
--tim
Tim Taylor
Austin TX
Philadelphia PA
76 Birchaven (SB)
76 Triumph TR6
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