Trapped in Needles — it’s always something

Had a few interesting conversations today and concluded that the automotive shop that agreed to work on the RV Monday does not have a good reputation for honesty.  So easy to get screwed in a strange town.  As a result I’ll be waiting till Thursday to get the RV serviced at a garage recommended by multiple people.

Given I’ll have 3 more down days I’m considering taking a few side trips.

Odd how those conversations came about.  I’m sitting here in the RV taking care of some things and the air conditioning clicks off.  No problem, it has popped the breaker before.  I flip a few things and nothing helps.  Then I notice that all the RV power is off.  I went outside to check the main breaker and my power protection device (it checks the power quality and protects for spikes, etc.) has cut the power because the input voltage is exceeding 130 volts.  I checked with the office and no one else is having an issue.  I got out my multi-tester and sure enough the 30 Amp breaker is running 132 volts — but the 20 Amp breaker in the same box is showing 117 volts.  Power doesn’t work this way, so I check an empty spot across the road and the 30 Amp breaker there is 122 volts.  While there the park maintenance guy stops by and double checks my testing.  He is scratching his head too — and I have moved to a different spot (also confirmed that the RV starts and still has the noisy problem).

In the course of all of this the 2 different people I interacted with advised I wait till Thursday when the garage they and all the locals use can fit me in.

CRAP, but feeling good about the recommendations.