[nemo45]

My 12V converter recently was fried during a power spike we had during a storm. It also got the compressor on the A/C unit we had operating at the time. After the spike we didn't have 110V either. After I replaced the converter, I started the generator and everything worked fine. Shut the generator off and I had no 110V again. So, now I'm thinking transfer switch. Maybe the load panel side got fried with the converter. So, I call the company that made my transfer switch and he gave me some tests to preform to see if the transfer switch was ok. It passed all the tests. While doing the tests I happen to press down on the contacts on the neutral relay that is on the load panel side of the switch. Bingo! I've got 110V everywhere. I call the transfer switch maker again and the tech tells me after all the tests we did it has to be something other than the switch. Now, I'm thinking BS its gotta be the switch. So, I order a new one. In the mean time I take a piece of cardboard and put it between the contacts on the neutral relay and leave it that way so I have 110V until the new transfer switch comes in. Realizing that I cannot try and start the generator after I've done this. When the new switch comes in, I remove the old one and replace it with the new one, of course after unplugging the shore power. It does take awhile even though the switch is under the bed and there is quite a bit of space to work in there but you have to bend over the bend frame to do it. That's not easy at my age and weight. Anyway, I getter done and plug in the shore power, nada. Now, going what the hell? So I check the 50 amp plug, its ok, 125V on each leg. So, I go to the shore power in at the switch, nothing there. Then I remember a friend of mine having a problem with the connections of the 50amp power cord on his Holiday Rambler. I have all of the cord off the drum because of the distance to the 50 amp box. So, I pull some of the cord back to the drum and roll some up on the drum and block the drum so it can't move back. Bingo! I can hear the printer starting up in the bedroom above the electric cord compartment. I go in the motorhome and start everything up the A/C and all and everthing is fine again. So, now I believe that was what my problem all the time. The weight of the cord pulling on the connection on the drum. Now, I've got an extra transferswitch (the old one) and a lesson learned. A $150 dollar lesson. But, can anyone tell me where the hell 110V came from when I pushed down on the contacts on the neutral relay and opened them and kept them apart? I am at a loss on that one. I ran everything like that for about 10 days. Help? Oh, and i checked out the operation of the switch with the generator and it was good, too.