David's cheap, down & dirty....

 

As more of use take our delicate electronic stuff camping (TVs, computers, satellite receivers, etc.) electrical concerns are just about as important as at home.  We need to know if the thingy that we are plugging in to is in good operating condition.  While you could take a multi-meter and test, I have found this way to accomplish the task and it's easy.  Things like surge protectors won't work properly if we have a "bad" pedestal.  Bad things can happen to your Pod if you have a really bad pedestal.

 

First, we need to obtain 2 things; the first one, I'll call the "yellow thing" and the other, the "black thing".

 

 

Here is a view of the other ends of the "things"

 

 

As you can see, my photographic skills aren't quite "on par" with some of our members!

 

Now comes the tricky part.....we have to hook them together!

 

 

There you have it - David's cheap down & dirty pedestal tester thing!  The "black thing" is a 30amp Male to 15amp female and can be purchased at your favorite RV store; like Walmart.  The "yellow thing" is a simple tester, which can be purchased at your favorite home improvement store (do you prefer blue or orange?).  Anyway, you'll have about $10-15 invested in the whole thing and it will fit in the palm of your hand.  The tester is fairly self explanatory.  If you see anything other than "correct", this may be cause for concern.  "Why?": you ask.  We will talk about that next time.