Crossover-connectors or self-contained power connectors used in manufactured homes, mobile homes, doublewides: a loose or damaged power connector may explain loss of electrical power in one side or half of a manufactured home, doublewide, or modular home.

This article series describes inspection and electrical repairs in Mobile Homes or Manufactured Housing Electrical Wiring, Electrical Panel, and other Electrical Components for Defects: detailed procedures, defect lists, references to standards.

Manufactured Home & Doublewide Electrical Crossover Connectors

Q&A on Finding & Fixing Loss of electrical power in parts of a Manufactured home, Doublewide, singlewide, etc.

A common question we hear from readers is "Why have I lost all electrical power in one half of my manufactured home, modular or doublewide home?

Here are some things that your electrician will check:

• Starting at the electrical panel,
  
  is there power on both service entry wires into the home?
• Are any circuit breakers tripped
  
  in the electrical panel?
• Find and check the connection of and condition of all of the self-contained power connectors or crossover connectors
  
  in the home.
  
  These electrical connectors, used to connect electrical wiring systems between two halves of a pre-wired doublewide, manufactured or modular home are located in walls, floors, under floors or occasionally in attic spaces.
  
  By code these connectors must always be accessible for inspection and repair, so if you don't see the connectors when inspecting under the home or in its basement or crawl space or skirt area, then look for electrical access panels in walls and ceilings.

Below using red arrows and text we have annotated two pages adapted from the Skyline mobile home doublewide IO manual to show the most-common locations of crossover connections in doublewide homes.

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Above we see typical locations for the doublewide home crossover-connectors when found below the floor of the home in small access panels that may be in the locations shown. Notice that in some cases you'll need to remove the cover of a flush or bumped-out access panel to expose the crossover connectors or to expose an electrical box in which the crossover connections are made.

Below we see the crossover connector routed through an interior partition wall - the marriage wall.

And at the bottom of this illustration we see the ground bond wire under the home across the underside of the marriage wall.

Illustrations above adapted and annotated from the originals found in

• SKYLINE MANUFACTURED HOME INSTALLATION MANUAL [PDF] Skyline Corporation P.O. Box 743 Elkhart, Indiana www.skylinecorp.com

Below are more photos showing typical crossover connectors or connector boxes found in manufactured homes, both modulars and doublewide mobile homes.

On 2020-10-06 by (mod) - Where is the 'marriage line' \ crossover electrical junction box located?

Jay

Thanks for a helpful question about finding the electrical connecting plugs or boxes between sections of a modular or multiple-section factory-built home.

The location of the crossover electrical box is in either of two locations, depending on how your home is built and how many floors it includes (for modulars) and on accessibly of the attic or roof space.

1. Crawl Space or Basement or Floor

The electrical crossover box or plugs or junction box in a typical modular and in some other multi-section factory built housing is usually near the center girder or beam running down the width of the structure, accessed from the basement or crawl space.

This can vary by manufacturer and on some occasions I've found a cluster of wire plugs, not a single one, located either in the center or near one end of the building, particularly if the electrical box is located in the basement.

In a modular built over a crawl space you may also find the crossover box below a removable cover built into the first floor itself, often in a closet or pantry near the center of the home.

In some older modulars we find the crossover box behind a blind (no openings) plastic or metal electrical box cover in the marriage wall near the ceiling; this was particularly common in homes that had an inaccessible or hard-to-enter attic space.

2. Attic or Roof Space

The electrical crossover box or plugs or junction box in some multi-section or modular homes can be found in the attic atop the marriage walls running again down the center of the width of the building.

3. Walls near the floor

In some modulars an access panel will expose the junction box or plugs in a wall cavity, again in the marriage wall between the front and back halves of the home.

What does a Mobile - Manufactured Home Crossover Connection Look Like?

The actual crossover electrical connection (always using plastic or NMC wire) may be

• A Molex® brand connector that can be disconnected and re-connected by pressing on a release tab - shown above
• Other electrical plugs or connectors, some of which are rated for a single use and cannot be disconnected and re-used
• An electrical junction box containing wire splices

Tell me more about your home, perhaps post a photo, and I may be able to offer more.

On 2020-10-06 by Jay Nagel

Where is the 'marriage line' \ crossover electrical junction box located?

On 2020-03-31 - by (mod) - Source of Electrical Crossover Boxes or Self-Contained Power Connectors for Modulars, Doublewides, Manufactured Homes

Melissa:

An electrical crossover box or plug connector is widely used in doublewides and modular homes to joint the pre-installed electrical wiring of the two halves of the home, as doubtless you already know.

When the electrical crossover in your home is rusted, damaged, or otherwise needs replacement, as your Amp crossover box, I agree that it makes sense to have your electrician just replace the old connector.

Molex calls these "Self-Contained Power Connectors" or "inline power connectors" - knowing that can make finding the part you need easier.

See https://www.molex.com/molex/products/family/selfcontained_power_connector_scpc for some examples.

Take care: from the little bit I can see in your photo it looks as if there is sloppy, poorly-supported electrical wiring and maybe electrical wires that enter a metal crossover box without the required clamp-type strain relief.

These mistakes can risk a house fire.

If your electrician has not found a local source of suitable weatherproof connectors for your home, she should try giving the company a call directly at

• Contact: Molex Product or Technical Support Inquiries Only, TEL : 800-786-6539 TEL : 800-78MOLEX Website: https://www.molex.com
  
  Also see this
  
  MOLEX SELF-CONTAINED POWER CONNECTORS CATALOG [PDF] (2014) retrieved 2022/05/25 original source: https://www.content.molex.com/dxdam/literature/987651-0988.pdf
  

On 2020-03-31 by Melissa

Im looking for a electrical crossover connector. This one is made by AMP but Molex would work.

Type NM(1) 300V 20A. CKT ID. NM14&12.

That's all the information I could get off of it.

 

On 2020-03-24 - by (mod) -

Anon

If the main breaker is ON and you have power on some but not all circuits the most-likely the problem is downstream of the main breaker - in the panel OR in one or more circuits in the home.

Often a doublewide will use connectors (perhaps under the belly of the home) to connect circuits across two sides of the home - look for a plug that's loose or damaged.

 

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On 2022-12-25 by InspectApedia (Editor) - missing power on one side

@david bias,

You might want to check through the suggestions found above on this page and if that doesn't get anywhere, have an electrician look in your main electrical panel to make sure that you've got power on both sides there.

On 2022-12-25 by david bias

i have a fuqua doublewide 1980 mobile i dont have power to one side

On 2022-11-12 by InspectApedia (Editor) - 1986 Nashua mobile home crossover connectors locations

@Janice,

Advice on Locating Mobile Home Manuals & Tracing Circuits to Find Crossover Connectors

Searching for a manual for Nashua mobile homes or a Nashua doublewide, even without a year specified, resulted only in finding other people who are also looking for a Nashua mobile home instruction manual. That was disappointing.

I have found that Nashua mobile homes were manufactured by the Palm Harbor Homes company.

Palm Harbor Homes is still in business:
Tel: 888-466-3718
Web: https://www.palmharbor.com/
Website excerpt:
Based in Dallas, Texas, Palm Harbor Homes is one of the nation's largest marketers of factory-built homes. Palm Harbor builds, sells, finances and insures the best built manufactured homes available today.

Nothing at the company's website even hints at making a mobile home manual available, even for current models. Sorry.

SO we're back to our best bet for finding the connectors in your 1986 Nashua mobile home: go through the common connector locations described above on this page and look at each of those locations in your home.

A second approach that can help you find crossover connectors in your home is to start at the electrical panel and actually trace the routing of the wires for each circuit.

Details of how to trace or locate electrical circuits are given at

ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT ID, MAP & LABEL

On 2022-11-11 by InspectApedia (Editor)

@Janice,

Not specifically although the page above gives the common locations in which these connectors are found. I'll look further to see if I can find something more specific for your home.

On 2022-11-11 by Janice

Do you know where the connectors for electric are located in an 1986 Nashua mobile home. I have an expando als0

On 2022-10-27 by InspectApedia (Editor) - two outlets have a "no ground" error

@Steven Vann,

Sure. Take a look at the common crossover connections described above on this page to help look for the connector you seek.

Visual inspecting under the unit and looking for connectors is one thing, but

Unfortunately I have to advise you to

Watch out: if you are not trained and familiar with proper and safe electrical wiring practices, you could be shocked or killed or could cause a building fire when fooling with the home's electrical wiring yourself.

Where to start: Try again to get help from a trained electrician who can first check the two receptacles with missing ground - it could be a simple and trivial wiring error or omission.

On 2022-10-27 by Steven Vann

1997 Cavco. I have mapped every outlet and switch. Odd that I find every outlet in kitchen (including stove, microwave and refrigerator) on one 15amp breaker. There is an additional breaker that was labeled "kitchen" that only has two outlets on it. These outlets are not on the side of the house that contains the kitchen.

I have always felt that there was a bad crossover connection because one breaker has very little (almost none) on it and another has alot of load on it.

Now I'm in the process of selling the home and inspector found that those two outlets have a "no ground" error when a meter is used on them

Because I cannot find an electrician who wants to work under the house, I'm faced with searching for the crossover and inspecting it for a loose ground wire

Any advise?

On 2022-09-23 by InspectApedia-911 (mod) - 1988 Oak Creek double wide plugs are dead

@Marvin Melton,

Check to see if the bathroom also contains a GFI receptacle and if so perhaps it needs to be reset. If not I suspect that a connection in the circuit Downstream from the bathroom that's working as become disconnected.

On 2022-09-23 by Marvin Melton

1988 Oak Creek double wide. Bathrooms wall plugs. In mater bathroom plugs are working. At other end of house bathroom wall plug dead and plug in other side of house in bedroom plug by door also dead. Please help. Both bathroom are on gfi breaker in Panel. Can't be breaker cause one bathroom plug works. Thanks

On 2022-08-19 by InspectApedia-911 (mod) - farmhouse breeze clayton home crossover connectors

@Fardo,

In the CLAYTON HOMES INSTALLATION MANUAL [PDF]

Take a look page 44 "Complete Crossovers" and then in more detail at the section on "CONNECT CROSSOVERS" starting on page 60 - that's as much detail as we can get.

You'll see that typically the Clayton Homes crossover connectors may be at the marriage line or in the marriage wall between the two sections.


You'll see that the company says

Multi-section homes may have one or more electrical crossovers located in the wall(s) and/or floor(s) along the marriage line(s).

Look for a junction box or snap connector on either side of the center beam that's formed by the rim joist below the marriage wall - as in the illustration. Sometimes these are accessed from a panel that has to be removed.

We illustrate exactly that situation above on this page.

On 2022-08-19 by Fardo

Where is crossover connecting for farmhouse breeze clayton home

On 2022-07-1 by InspectApedia-911 (mod) - crossover connector locations

@David Boone,

Let's start by looking at the crossover connector locations given above on this page. Keep me posted.

On 2022-07-19 by David Boone

We're can I find that crossover connector at

On 2022-04-24 by Inspectapedia Com Moderator (mod) - lost power in 2004 Clayton double wide

@MaryAnn,

Please see the illustrations and list of common crossover connectors or boxes in which they're contained, starting at the top this page where we list a number of possible locations and steps for locating your crossover connectors.

After reviewing those steps, do let us know if you have additional questions.

On 2022-04-24 by MaryAnn

I have a 2004 Clayton double wide. I lost power to one section. Can not find the junction box any clues

On 2022-04-21 by Inspectapedia Com Moderator (mod) - GFCI tripped now power is lost in mobile home

@Bonnie,

If the tool tripped a GFCI such as at a receptacle and that GFCI was replaced and the circuit is still off, have your electrician check the circuit breaker - switch that OFF then back on- if the circuit remains dead then I suspect a burned electrical connection or splice found by following the circuit and checking each connection, starting at the place where the tool was plugged-in.

On 2022-04-21 by Bonnie

A contractor plugged in a power tool at my outside outlet. It made a noise and shut down some of my home. How can I figure out where the problem is. I don’t smell any burnt wiring and I changed the outlet still nothing It won’t let me reset. My GFI so I had a new one installed to make sure it wasn’t that.

On 2022-04-20 by Inspectapedia Com Moderator (mod) - AMP COPALUM connector must be in a junction box

@Randall,

If you are asking about conventional copper-wire splicing devices such as twist-on connectors, those are installed inside of an electrical box.

Also the Amp crimp connector splice, used for Aluminum wire repair by pigtailig to copper, needs to be inside of an electrical junction box.

Details are at AMP TYCO COPLAUM

Since electrical junction boxes need to remain accessible, the box cannot be concealed.

Beyond that, it's a bad practice to seal any electrical connector since doing so can make future troubleshooting or repair a terrible experience for someone else.

On 2022-04-20 by Randall - Can you conceal an AMP connector ?

Can you conceal an AMP connector

On 2022-04-07 by Inspectapedia Com Moderator (mod) - mobile home has lost power to one whole entire wall.

@HONOR,

If it's a doublewide I'd check first for a loose or damaged cross-over connector (above on this page).

Is that your case?

Else start in the electrical panel: look for a breaker that's in the "tripped" position between "ON" and "OFF" and try switching the breaker fully to OFF, then back to ON.

On 2022-04-07 by HONOR

Our mobile home has lost power to one whole entire wall. Nothing works at all. Any ideas on what can be wrong?

On 2022-03-24 by Inspectapedia Com Moderator (mod) - How many crossovers are typically under a doublewide mobile home?

@Carol,

Thanks for a great question. On a doublewide I expect to find 2 to four such crossover connector panels or boxes. Those may contain multiple crossover connections.

Where stand-alone crossover connectors are used outside of electrical boxes or panels there may be considerably more, depending on the number of circuits in the side of the home opposite that in which the electrical panel itself is found.

In all cases these connectors will ultimately be be visually obvious but in some homes you will have to first remove an access panel cover.

On 2022-03-24 by Carol

How many crossovers are typically under a doublewide mobile home?

On 2022-03-20 by Inspectapedia Com Moderator (mod) - find a junction box in my older model home

@Racquel Swafford,

You might try finding an electrician who has circuit tracing tools. Some of these electronic devices can follow wires in walls or ceilings are floors without having to cut openings.

But there should be no junction box that isn't visible.

That is its cover should be accessible in a wall, ceiling or under a floor.

Above on this page we show the locations of these connectors and what they look like

On occasion the actual connector may be covered by a protective water-resistant cover like that shown below.

On 2022-03-20 by Racquel Swafford

I'm trying to locate a junction box in my older model home. It something is causing one area to have no electricity

On 2022-03-12 by Inspectapedia Com Moderator (mod) - lost power in master bedroom, living room, hallway

@Greg,

I can't answer for certain but if your home is a doublewide, yes there will be a crossover connector to find and check as described above on this page.

Else your electrician will start at the panel confirming the the breaker is truly "ON" and that its output screw connector is live. Then she'd trace the circuit forward to each electrical box or device including receptacles or switches, looking for a loose, burned, or broken connection.

On 2022-03-11 by Greg

I have a 1993 manufactured home and it seems it has lost power to the master bedroom living room and hallway which is all in one circuit in the breaker panel in the opposite side of the manufactured home is there a splice box somewhere

On 2022-01-26 by Inspectapedia Com Moderator (mod) - crossover connectors for Titan doublewide

@Keith,

Please start with a check of the crossover locations at the top of this page, now expanded with more illustrations and where we give our best advice for locating the crossover connectors in your home.

On 2022-01-26 by Keith

1986/87, TITAN double wide model#172T, loss of power on one side, do you know where the wiring cross-overs would be?
Thank You
Keith--

On 2022-01-26 by Inspectapedia Com Moderator - Crossover connection in a 1989 Sunview mobile home

@Perry Mixon,

For other readers, here's a photo of a 1989 Sunview doublewide - NOT Perry's specific home.

This 1989 Sunview is listed by valuemobilehomes.net/ - for other readers; note the skirting damage but also that it should not be difficult to gain access below this model home.

On 2022-01-24 by Inspectapedia Com Moderator - locating crossover connectors in older mobile homes

@Perry Mixon,

Sorry I don't know;

Typically you'd get under the home starting below the electrical panel and look for wires at a mating beam between the two halves of a doublewide. But as we warn in the article above, some d/w 's put their crossover connectors in a wall or in an attic.

The good news is that to meet electrical code no such connectors are allowed to be covered over - they have to be accessible. So you'd either find a small access panel in a wall, usually near the floor, or you'd see the actual connectors at a mating beam under the home.

Continuing with more-general tips on locating crossover connectors in older mobile homes - other places to check

- under the home, along the center-line or mating beams, often near one end (look for plastic connectors and electrical wires)

- on the mating wall between the front and back halves of the home, behind a small panel or door near the floor, occasionally near the ceiling

- in an electrical junction box at a ceiling light fixture

- in a wall panel with removable cover found in a closet or inside a floor or wall cabinet mounted on the common wall between the front and rear halves of the home

- (rare) in a panel over passage door between sides of the home

In some homes you may find wiring details in the Installation/operation manual for the home, and less-often as a sticker near the electrical panel

If your home's manufacturer is still in business contact them to ask for a wiring diagram for your home

Start at the electrical panel, try using an electrical circuit tracer tool to follow wiring.

On 2022-01-24 by Perry Mixon

Where is the connectors located for a 1989 Sunview d/w? Power lost on one side.

On 2022-01-18 by Inspectapedia Com Moderator - only need occasional power in shed

@Jim,

Sorry, but you can't.

The maximum width allowed for camper trailers across pretty much all of the U.S. (if that's where you are) is 8 to 9 feet.

It's also not likely that a typical garden shed would be safe to tow down the highway without substantial structural reinforcement, lest it fall apart and flying pieces cause an accident or injury to others on the road.

However if ALL you want to do is move the shed, companies that sell these sheds have moving equipment that can suffice.

On 2022-01-18 by Jim

So I have built a 10X20 shed and only need occasional power how ca I set it up like a mobile home how can I set it up like a car trailler

On 2022-01-12 by Inspectapedia Com Moderator

@Joe,

OPINION: With respect, a fatal error we often make is to think that our personal experience is sufficiently complete as to be universal.

You may never have seen a woman electrician but then you may have never seen a woman heart surgeon either, but should you need one you'll be in no position to take offense.

You're right that women have been under-represented in the trades, but not out of a lack of ability, more a lack of welcome. So when you see us use the "she" pronoun rather than the default assumption of "he" it's meant as a friendly wake-up call as well as invitation.

Women are welcome at InspectApedia, as readers, contributors, technical experts, commentators, as are men, old, young, black, white, hispanic, greek, aussies, kiwis, etc. Working together makes us smarter, and in the case of electrical wiring, hopefully safer as well.

On 2022-01-12 by Joe

@inspectapedia.com.moderator,

“She’ll” trace the line?!? In all my years in electrical I’ve never seen a female electrician, not that they don’t exist, but I get your point and take offense.

On 2022-01-06 by Inspectapedia Com Moderator

@Gerald Feldman,

A good place to start is checking the crossover connectors described above on this page.

On 2022-01-06 by Gerald Feldman

I own a double wide mobile home and the electricity is only working on one side. What do I do to fix the problem?

On 2021-12-13 by Inspectapedia Com Moderator

@Vickidomina,

As you may have seen in the article above, in the electrical system of a doublewide home usually there are "plugs" - cross-over connectors that continue the electrical wiring between the two halves of the home. IF one of those connectors is loose, corroded, damaged, so that power is lost, that's something your electrician could discover and repair.

A loose electrical connector that drops power to part of the home would not usually cause a circuit breaker to turn to the "OFF" position in your electrical panel.

Fortunately this problem is easy to diagnose.

How to tell if a breaker is being manually switched-off versus tripping off due to an electrical fault

If someone is switching circuit breakers in your electrical panel off then when you go to the panel you will see the breaker toggle all the way in the off position.

If on the other hand the breakers are tripping off because of an electrical force such as an over current or short circuit then the breaker will be in the middle position and all the power is off, it cannot be switched to the on position or at least it won't stay in the on position when pushed in that direction.

Instead you have to switch the breaker all the way to the off position first. You'll feel and hear a little click when you do that. Then you can switch it to the on position.

On 2021-12-13 by Vickidomina

I have 1990 Cavco double wide mobile home, the breakers in my main box shut off. I have had a few electricians. They tell me that what is happening is not because of electrical issues but someone is turning them off.

But it has happened on many occasions with the whole family sitting in the living room.

I am aware that the back half of the mobile is an 1 and 3/4 inches lower than the front. My question is will that affect the electrical?

On 2021-10-20 by Inspectapedia Com Moderator

@Terry Bailey,

I'm sorry to say that it sounds as if you need to pull some teeth.

An electrician will trace the circuit to find a mis-wiring point or as I suspect is the case a point at which a connector has simply opened.

Watch out: if you're not trained in and familiar with safe electrical wiring, you could be shocked or killed trying to work on a circuit yourself.

On 2021-10-20 by Terry Bailey

We’ve lost power on almost all of one electrical circuit. There are several outlets and at least one light that work, while the other outlets and lights don’t.

The circuit breaker has not popped and the outlets that don’t work register that our hot and ground wires are reversed, which I think means, we have an open neutral line. I’ve checked every outlet and light sockets and replaced nearly every outlets with new outlets, with negative results. I’m at a loss.

Trying to find an electrician to come in to help is like pulling teeth where we live on the coast. Do you have any ideas for me?

On 2021-09-28 by Inspectapedia Com Moderator

@PK,

Skyline Manufactured Home Woodfield 28 series 1999 with lost power

See if the discussion on the page above helps you out - it describes a connector that, if open or loose, can drop power to as much as half of a home, particularly in doublewides and modulars or other multi-section manufactured homes.

If your home does not consist of multiple sections and so is without crossover connectors, then your electrician will start by checking at your electrical panel to be sure power is working on both sides of the panel, then she'll trace the dead circuit(s) to find an open wire or connector.

On 2021-09-28 by PK

Skyline Manufactured Home Woodfield 28 series 1999 with lost power

Lost power to back bedroom, guest bathroom and half of kitchen. Gfi are good and cur out breaker is good. Any ideas.

On 2021-08-24 by Inspectapedia Com Moderator

@David Ledford,

You will find some electrical troubleshooting suggestions in these articles. Or, of course you can post a photo or ask a question.

On 2021-08-23 by David Ledford

Trying to trouble shoot problems in 1989 fiesta mobilehome

On 2021-05-07 by (mod) - multiple dead electrical outlets in doublewide home

@Don,

In finding the problem of the dead electrical receptacles your electrician will trace the circuit forward from the electrical panel. Typically she will find a junction box or electrical box with a burned or broken or loose connector. Meanwhile safest would be to leave that breaker off.

On 2021-05-07 by Don

I have a double wide mobile home that has 5 outlets in the living room die. The breaker is fine and still has power going through it. Wondering where the issue could be.

[Re-posted by moderator; original post lost due to Comment Box handling on 4 May 2021)

On 2021-01-07 by (mod) - lost electrical outlets in 2008 Fleetwood home

Henry

Look for an open or loose connector between home sections if it's a doublewide;

Otherwise your electrician will need to check and trace the feeding circuit(s) starting at the panel, to find the burned or open connection.

On 2021-01-07 by HENRY LESTER

Lost 1/4 of mobile home 2 bedrooms hall light dinning room light entry way light. Is not a breaker problem. 2008 Fleetwood.

On 2020-10-23 by (mod) - Location & Connection of Electrical Crossovers in a Skyline manufactured home

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Ben

I don't know the construction of that doublewide, but the article above lists several places to look besides the crawl space, such as

- one or more box or panel covers in the marriage wall, at floor or even near the ceiling

- and if there's an accessible attic, check there too

In case it helps here is a manual and also contact information to let you ask the company directly: Skyline Corporation P.O. Box 743 Elkhart, Indiana www.skylinecorp.com

Take a look at the Electrical Crossover instructions and locations described on page 55 - 58 of the Skyline home manual cited at the start of this page, excerpted again here and you'll see where the crossovers are run in the current models. Your home may, of course, differ.

On 2020-10-2 by Ben - 1997 Skyline oak manor 7206-ct double wide crossover connectors

I have a 1997 Skyline oak manor 7206-ct double wide that I cannot find the crossover connectors, I've looked in the crawl space and can't find any box or cover, any idea where they are?

On 2020-10-17 by (mod)

Mike

In the article above I give the common locations for crossover boxes.

Look for the obvious covers or boxes as we've illustrated;

Or contact Redman - who have offices in various states; Redman mobile homes is part of Champion Enterprises based in Michigan.

On 2020-10-17 by Mike

Where is crossover boxes in 1991 redman double wide mobile home

On 2020-10-17 by Greg

I have power to all rooms but back 3 where is marriage crossover to junction boxes.

On 2020-07-23 by Suzie

I have half the power on and other half off. I read all these but do they turn on microwave and the power comes back on , or I turn on my coffee maker it kicks power back on , or toaster pushed down kicks it back on. Three different outlets and two different GFCIs.

But my fan burnt up on it and my central air is not working right. Power comes on and flickers and then it kicks back off but then comes on works fine. Then kicks back off. I have had no breakers kick during any of these events. I have electrician who said he can come but not for a few days and I sent my kids to friends in case.

On 2020-06-06 by (mod)

Sherree

That sounds to me like a bad electrical connection somewhere in the circuit. Because that can be unsafe, not just inconvenient, it's worth getting help from an electrician.

On 2020-06-05 by Sherree Pipps

9 outlets do not work. 2 are outside outlets. The power will work for about 3 days then no longer work. The breaker does not trip.
Breaker has been replaced about 2 weeks ago.

On 2020-03-24 by Anonymous

@misty,
also no issue with breakers inside being thrown

On 2020-03-24 by misty

We have been remodeling a older double wide. I throw the main breaker outside every time I leave. I turned it on and had no power on e bedroom and the bathroom. The bed room closet has power and so does everything else but on the other side some plug ins are not working as well.

we have been pulling up glued floor (which has been a headache lot of beating and banging hard) and changed the exhaust fan in the bathroom that is a blue tooth fan.

On 2020-03-09 - by (mod) -

Dreu

Usually the problem of losing electrical power on half of a doublewide trailer is a bad connector joining electrical wiring (usually located under the trailer's floor near the center or mating beam between the two halves of the home)

A second possibility is a failure or bad connection right at the electric meter or at the panel main switch.

If you've checked your electrical panel and switched the main breaker off and back on and other breakers OFF then back ON and you still have no lights, it's time to call a licensed electrician.

Keep us posted on how you proceed.

On 2020-03-09 by Dreu

I have a double wide trailer. My problem is that one side of da trailer have lights and the other side don’t,, the sockets & everything else is fine,, it’s just the lights across the top from front to bk doesn’t work,, do anybody kno what that could be?

On 2020-01-10 - by (mod) - Can I use NM-B Romex or does it need to be run in EMT or plastic schedule 40 pipe?

Stephen

You can check with your local electrical inspector, but I would expect the conduit is not required in that NM cable certainly can be used if it's properly sized and supported throughout its run.

In the photo nothing about that electrical wiring looks correct to me. We don't run circuits by just lying the wire on the ground.

On 2020-01- by Stephen

I am installing a new electric range and new electric dryer. It will be run under the home below the belly insulation but held above the concrete pad.

Can I use NM-B Romex or does it need to be run in EMT or plastic schedule 40 pipe?

Also, Who ever owned the mobile home previously, had just laid out on the concrete slab the Romex for the heating tape for water and outside electrical GFI boxes. Is this legal or okay?

On 2020-01-23 - by (mod) -

Ed

That sounds to me like a serious wiring error or damage risking electric shock. For example the side you're connecting could have a dead short in the wiring that blows a breaker or a main.

On 2020-01-23 by Ed

I have a double wide mobile home when I hook the plug up underneath one side has the electric when I plug the plug in it kills all the electric no electric on the one side of the mobile home

Question: no power to half of the master bedroom

2019/07/12 Nancy Clifton Whitworth

I have a large double wide mobile home, Late one evening my husband saw the light in the laundry room flash, we thought the bulb just blew, no big deal.

But the next morning we realized, it wasn't just a blown bulb but in fact we had lost power to the back left quarter of our home.

So there is currently no power to half of the master bedroom, the entire Master bathroom, the laundry room and the back half of our front room. I had an Electrician come out and he replaced every outlet in that quarter of the house.

But still no power, oddly enough all 4 of my GFCI outlets work in that area, so there is still power getting through to them. The Electrician just scratched his head and stated, "I have no clue" $300 later and we still do not have power. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Reply:

Well I agree that's certainly frustrating. Instead of replacing all of the receptacles, unless they were actually damaged, I would have preferred to start at the electrical panel and Trace the circuit forward to find what sounds like a short circuit.

That is probably a live wire touched ground. It might be that the receptacles were damaged but it sounds more as if the electrician wasn't very experienced.

Why don't you either ask that person if she or he knows how to trace an electrical circuit and find the short or hire someone with a bit more experience. Sorry. Keep me posted on what you're told

On 2019-06-02 by (mod) - My kitchen and dining room outlets aren't working on one side

A tripped circuit breaker, blown fuse, or an open electrical connection somewhere in the circuit. The safe thing would be to turn the circuit off at your electrical panel and ask for some diagnostic help from an electrician

On 2019-06-01 by Marsha

My kitchen and dining room outlets aren't working on one side, what can cause this

On 2018-06-11 by (mod) -

Chr is

you really need a licensed electrician to examine your electrical panel and wiring. That's because the condition you describe could be unsafe. I suspect the problem originates in the electrical panel itself.

Beware. If you're not trained and doing electrical work you should not remove the face of the electrical panel because touching anything inside could shock or kill you.

On 2018-06-10 by Chris Spence

one half of my house has lost power to the lights the switches don't work but the electrical outlets do it's the weirdest thing can somebody please help me figure out what I need to start looking for

On 2018-12-13 by (mod) - diagnose common mobile home power loss on one side or one half of the home

Mary yours is a common question from mobile home owners; one side of the home or one circuit trips OFF -

Check the electrical panel for a tripped circuit breaker or blown fuse

Check for a GFCI Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter that has tripped- outside or in a kitchen or bathroom - as often other lights or receptacles wired downstream from that point will switch off too

If you don't find either of those conditions it's time to hire a licensed electrician who will trace the circuit from the electrical panel onwards to look for a loose or broken electrical wire connection OR in some homes a plug connector below the home (or occasionally in an attic) that has separated.

On 2018-12-13 by Mary

Live in mobile home for some reason my bedroom, outside light/front porch, and bathroom light won't turn on. Everywhere else in the house has light already turn off all the switch on breaker nothing happens light still off in those room?

On 2018-06-12 by (mod) - One side of trailer is reading 130 the other 110 volts what could be causing that?

Mark,

Since the service entrance cable bring power to two sides of your panel will be coming from two different apps on The utility company's electrical Transformer
I suspect that the difference you are seeing is coming from the electric Company.

Very often the voltage levels vary during the day - the range of variance depending on where you live and thus on your source of electrical power.

On 2018-06-11 by Mark

One side of trailer is reading 130 the other 110 volts what could be causing that?

On 2018-02-19 by (mod) - Part of our double wide 1999 mobile home is without electricity

Skelley

When half of circuits in a home are off I suspect that we've lost power in one side of a 240-Volt electrical panel OR

one of the electrical crossover connectors has come unplugged between the two sides of a doublewide or modular home.

Have you tried checking the circuit breakers in the panel?

You might try switching each breaker OFF, waiting a minute, then back on.

Let me know what occurs.

Most likely you need an electrician on site.

On 2018-02-19 by Skelley

Sorry it posted before I typed my name

Part of our double wide 1999 mobile home is without electricity both bathrooms 2 bedrooms and half wall in little living room and half bedroom?

On 2017-07-10 by Ashley

We have a 2017 Rockwell single wide from Clayton Homes and are having problems with the light bulbs blowing on one side of the home.

The bulbs are all LED and are supposed to last for a few years. We have had a few blow more than once in the 8 months we have lived here. It is still under warranty but so far that hasn't been much help as no one comes out when we call.

On 2017-07-10 by Ashley

We have a 2017 Rockwell single wide from Clayton Homes and are having problems with the light bulbs blowing on one side of the home.

The bulbs are all LED and are supposed to last for a few years. We have had a few blow more than once in the 8 months we have lived here. It is still under warranty but so far that hasn't been much help as no one comes out when we call.

Question: 2003 palm harbor double wide home electrical power loss

(July 28, 2015) Anonymous said:
i have 2003 palm harbor double wide home, my question is,what caused the power on one side of the room to go out, that backs to a bath room the outlet works but the light and vent fan in the bathroom does not,and one outlet in the bedroom on the same side of the home

Reply:

Anon

If you lost electrical power to just one side of a room that suggests that all of the receptacles or lights on a particular circuit lost power (check the electrical panel for a tripped breaker or blown fuse).

If there is no tripped breaker or blown fuse check for a tripped GFCI receptacle upstream from other receptacles.

If there is no tripped GFCI then I speculate that a wire has become disconnected at a device or electrical box that feeds subsequent devices in the circuit. An electrician can trace the circuit to find the hidden open connector.

For safety I'd prefer to leave such a circuit powered off until it's repaired, thus reducing the chance of a fire or shock.

 

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