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Old 01-25-2013, 10:45 AM   #22
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Equipment <potentially> saved me already - 1st trip out.

Took the jeep to a 4wd park west of austin this past weekend, arrived early friday....plugged in to the 30a pedestal and got an error (reverse polarity).

while not a catastrophic error - i could not get power beyond the Progressive Industries Surge/Power protector. I talked to the park owner & he allowed me to look inside the breaker panel & check the wiring....everything was ok there, we tripped the breaker (off) and i proceeded to look at the wiring in the pedestal - sure enough, the neutral & hot wire (black & white) were reversed on the outlet.

I swapped the wires, plugged in and was good to go.

The park owner informed me theyve ever had an issue (only installed the pedestals this past november)....i shared that most would never know, w/out proper power/protection devices like the PI (and others).
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