Electrical wiring FAQs for manufactured & mobile home, set #4:

More frequently-asked questions about diagnosing electrical problems in manufactured home and mobile home electrical systems, wiring, receptacles, lights, electrical panels.

This article series contains questions & answers that assist in electrical diagnosis & repair for mobile homes, manufactured homes, doublewides, trailers and RVs.

Electrical System Questions & Answers for Campers, Mobile Homes, Doublewides, Manufactured Homes #4

These questions & answers about mobile home electrical systems were posted originally

at MOBILE HOME ELECTRICAL DEFECTS.

On 2020-12-16 by (mod) - why are some lights and receptacles (wall outlets) dead in my mobile home?

Wes

Most likely there is an electrical box or junction box at the start of the circuit that enters that room and that is powering your lighting circuits that has a burned or open electrical connection. It may be in a switch box or an electrical receptacle box. Your electrician will trace the circuit to find the damaged connection.

Meanwhile it would be safest to leave that circuit off in the electric panel

On 2020-12-15 by Wes Riley

I own a 1980's double wide mobile home. I recently went into one bed room and the lights wouldn't come on. I replaced the the bulb and it still didn't come on. So I bought a new light switch and it still didn't turn. So I started checking all the switches and outlets in the room.

There is no power at all in that one room. Just that one room. All the the other rooms in my home are good. Any ideas of what could cause this problem? I replaced all the circuit breakers in my box. stiil no change.

On 2020-06-14 - by (mod) - no water after electricity was cut off - pump prime trouble

Lucyb.

Unfortunately sometimes it takes a loss of electrical power to show us that there was a pre-existing problem with a leaky foot valve in th well. When there's power, the foot valve leaks, and when no water is being used in the home water leaks back down into the well, pressure drops, and the pump turns itself on and recovers before it's lost prime.

But during a power outage that lasts long enough for the pump to drain completely back into the well, the pump is then sitting there dry and thus has lost prime - it can't draw water.

You can re-prime the pump - PRIME the PUMP, HOW TO

and recover water service temporarily, but what's needed is to find and fix the leak that can be in the pump itself, in the well piping, in a check valve, or in the foot valve, a check valve at the bottom of the well piping.

On 2020-06-12 by Lucybelle

When we had the electricity cut off
To our moble home the water also stopped inside the home. Pump is working and supplying the fausets not attached to home but no water anywhere In or Connected to home after the electricity was turned back on.

On 2020-06-08 - by (mod) - where to get a new circuit breaker

Dee:

Your electrician and or local electrical supplier can pretty-much always provide the right brand and model circuit breaker for your panel.

Watch out: don't try replacing a breaker your self - unless you're trained in safe proper electrical work you can be shocked or killed.

On 2020-06-08 by Dee

I need a 200a breaker for a 1981 mobile home outside pole

On 2020-06-08 - by (mod) - after wiring a ceiling fan it trips the breaker

Watch out: That sounds like a wiring problem and a dangerous short circuit.

I would keave the circuit off until you can get help from an electrician

On 2020-06-08 by Anonymous

Oh my ceiling fan in my bedroom ok I had jus a light I installed a ceiling fan wrong apparently but the 2 ppl hooked it up after me its doing the same thing u turn the switch off and it flips my breaker ?

On 2020-06-08 - by (mod) - dangerous shock hazard at clothes dryer & electric range

Amber

Watch out: You are right that's very dangerous, you can be shocked or killed. Turn off any circuits that are acting strangely and leave them off until you can get help from a licensed electrician.

On 2020-06-08 00: by Amber - shocked when I touch the dryer or stove

Ok I'm worried everything I touch like dryer stove it shocks me and I feel like my stoves and dryer is shorting out or making it default like my burners would heat A lil

but the oven wouldn't work then my dryer worked one min next it didnt I got a used dryer it worked for 3 mins next it stopped heating? I'm so worried

On 2020-06-07 - by (mod) - other lights off after installing a new ceiling fan

Missi

I suspect that in the same electrical junction box where someone found the ceiling fan wires there was or were one or more additional wires that originally were spliced into the same circuit to bring power to the laundry / bath / kitchen (which argues that the circuit is badly overloaded).

Watch out: an immediate concern is if you or whoever hooked up the ceiling fan left bare live wire ends un-capped inside the electrical box. That's a shock or fire hazard.

On 2020-06-06 by Missi

Ok so we took a ceiling fan down in our trailer and put a new one up works great but now I have no lights in the bathroom laundry room or kitchen what happened?

On 2020-06-06 - by (mod) - electrical wiring details for a Dutch mobile home

Donna

I don't know, and, disappointing, checking the Dutch Housing company website https://www.dutch-housing.com/

I see lots of brochures, but not one iota of specifications for the company's products (both modulars and manufactured housing, i.e. mobile homes). To be clear, the present company does not report having anything to do with a Dutch brand mobile home built in 1990. The company's website addresses nothing before 1991. Quoting:

Founded in 1991 in the Amish country of LaGrange, Indiana, ... Dutch Housing offers both single-section and multi-section manufactured homes built to the HUD code as well as modular homes built to state or local codes.


The company provides contact information links but says, for owners of existing Dutch mobile homes, that information and support is provided for owners of homes built in Indiana and After 2010.

However all is not lost.

It is trivially easy for you or your electrician to see if your Dutch mobile home from 1990 is supplied with 220 Volt service, by looking at the electrical panel. It may be possible to know right away: if see double-pole circuit breakers such as often power a clothes dryer or electric range, then 220V is or was supplied; A two pole main circuit breaker is another easily-seen feature.

An electrician can remove the panel cover and check the actual wiring to the home to confirm working 220V.

Details are at AMPS VOLTS DETERMINATION

And beginning at MOBILE HOMES, DOUBLEWIDES, TRAILERS

you will find an extensive library of articles on troubleshooting, maintaining, repairing mobile homes.

Thanks for asking.

On 2020-06-06 by Donna Spencer

Did a 1990 Dutch Mobil home be wired for 220?

On 2020-05-08 - by (mod) - do not bury this electrical box

The electrical box holding the service entry wires needs to be accessible and weatherproof. I doubt that your local inspector would let that be buried.

Does your home have a main electrical switch?

Where is it?

On 2020-05-08 by Markm

I have a junction box outside of my double wide mobile home where the power comes in underground from the pole and then goes back underground into the mobile home. Is it possible to remove it bury it?

On 2020-04-30 - by (mod) - last night until I started smelling burnt wire smell

Watch out: Turn off electricity to any suspicious circuits immediately as you describe a possible fire hazard.

If you see or smell smoke, get everyone out immediately and call your fire department

On 2020-04-29 by CANDACE STURCH - the wire had noticeably been hot smoldering

Ok we had the sewage spill under our mobile home apparently whoever owned prior did not glue the pipes and when it got stopped up and my husband plunged it it shot off there but we didn't resize it for like three week couldn't smell it or nothing until a severe storm blew it all off the trailer

then I noticed real quick my husband put mask gloves plastic jump suit vicks on his and went to cleaning ut as I and battling a sever chronic lyme disease and lupus I have no immune system

as he got down to the ground he notice a grey 110 wire underneath all that sewage witch was right under neath our bathroom and bedroom floor the wire had noticeably been hot smoldering

and looked burnt he was so tired after all the clean up of the sewage and dint want me to freak so he didn't tell me about the burnt 110 wire laying on the ground under our bedroom floor until last night until I started smelling burnt wire smell and sniff the hole trailer and realized it was coming from the floor of our bedroom area

and now the hole house smell like burn wires hes a mechanic and nows nothing about electric and due to all hosptal bills we dont have the money to call electrition any tought

On 2020-03-05 - by (mod) - signs of a bad circuit breaker

Jeff

That sounds like a defective circuit breaker - OR - the breaker has actually tripped and you're re-setting it when you switch it off and then back on.

There could be an overcurrent on one circuit (or less likely, more than one) causing this underlying problem, but none of that's a reason to re-wire the whole home.

What is the electrical panel brand?

On 2020-03-04 by Anonymous

@Anonymous, the main breaker is on, but not working until I flip it. The electric comes right back on.

My mobile home was built on 1973, and the wiring is old. I've had new outlets put in almost everywhere. One electrician flatly told me the best thing to do would to be rewire it, but who has $8000 lying around?

It's not aluminum wiring.

On 2020-02-07 - by (mod) - open ground circuit diagnosis

I would start by checking the ground Connections in each of the electrical boxes themselves. It's possible that the ground circuit splices are connected but that they are not also wired to individual receptacles.

On 2020-02-07 by Ed

Working in a single wide home some of the outlets in the room read open ground on my tester but the chain set up doesn’t make sense. The first outlet is open in the bedroom the next two outlets in the chain are good but the last outlet reads open ground as well.

The next bedroom on the same chain reads open ground, but the next outlet in the chain reads good, then the following 2 outlets read open ground. I have replaced one outlet thinking the sub crew that happened to paint the outlets cause the issue but no change

On 2020-02-05 - by (mod) - identify furnace in 1994 Redmanmobile home

Michael

Look for any brands, logos, or any stickers of any sort with any information, even US Patent Numbers. Often that will help us trace the system.
Also look for a service tag - your heating service co. is likely to recognize the unit.

And of course post a photo using the "add image" button.

On 2020-02-05 by Michael

I have a 1994 Redman 14×80 mobile home,trying to find out the brand of furnace so I can repair. Sticker has been removed for model number information

On 2020-01-10 by (mod) - What should the main breaker on the power pole be ?

Bobby

The main breaker size needs to be matched to the size of the electrical service being provided. That in turn is determined by the smallest in capacity of the service entry cable or the electrical panel itself.

See SERVICE AMPERAGE DETERMINATION

SERVICE ENTRY WIRING & AMPACITY

and also

AMPS VOLTS DETERMINATION

On 2020-01-10 by Bobby Crawford

What should the main breaker on the power pole be for a double wide mobile home

On 2020-01-04 by (mod) -

Loven

Watch out: fooling with electrical wires if you're not familiar with proper and safe electrical wiring can shock or kill you or burn down the house.

Normally to hook up another light you'd need to

1. find the electrical circuit nearest the area

2. install a junction box or electrical receptacle (wall plug outlet) to connect the light

3. white = neutral, black = hot

On 2020-01-04 by (mod) -

Tim

What electrician would do in this case is to trace the circuit backwards to find an open connector or damaged wire that is Upstream from and intended to feed the part of the circuit that's dead. She might also begin at the paddle and go forward if you know what the circuit is.

That means opening each junction box or receptacle box or light switch if necessary or lighting fixture whatever's on the circuit to look for a broken wire or bad connector. It could be a problem in the run of the wire but that's less common.

On 2020-01-03 by Tim - 93 Redman mobile home lost power

I have a 93 redman 16x72 breakers are good but only half the house has full power then the bathroom outlet works but lights out both bedrooms in that side no power at all

On 2020-01-03 by (mod) - identify the wires in a mobile home

Jennifer:

WATCH OUT: if you are not trained in proper and safe electrical work, even opening the panel, or touching anything risks death by electrocution or perhaps a building fire. Hooking up an electrical service is work for an electrician.

That dire warning given, normally Red and black are hot wires, neutral is white, green is ground.

Beyond that, I can't see a thing about your electrical system.

On 2020-01-02 by Jennifer

I have OLD Mobile home. I have 4 input wires black, white, red & green. I have to connect them to OLD fuse box to supply home with power before I can inside from my van Please help!

On 2020-01-01 by (mod) - DO NOT run electrical wires through mobile home HVAC ducts - but nearby is ok

If your electrical wiring is undamaged that is the insulation is not cut and there are no signs of overheating or discoloring and it's probably fine

. It seems to me you prefer to have a little bit of clearance even if it's just an inch or two just to avoid overheating The Wire. You certainly don't want the wire unsupported or rubbing on any sharp edges.

To be clear you're correct that we don't want electrical wire inside of a duct but it might will run alongside it.

On 2020-01-01 by Cynthia - 1999 Fairmont/ Stratford Limited model mobile home wiring

1999 Fairmont/ Stratford Limited model. I am in process of sealing HVAC vents at the junction between the rigid fiberglass ducting and the horizontal metal vents that come up to the floor.

In removing the old glass tape/mastic pieces hanging by rust and I just found wiring running parallel to the horizontal ducting under the floor

. I am not surprised that wiring runs below the floor but should it run so close to the ducting? Its not inside the ducting thank goodness but right alongside. Is this common?

Does the placement of the wiring below the floor matter or can it just run anywhere? Difficult to see in the picture. The wiring is right behind the dangling failed tape/mastic I'm busy removing and replacing. Am I overreacting? I hope so...

On 2018-08-11 by (Mod) - mobiile home electric meter says power is OFF

The photo of your meter shows that power is off to the electric meter.

If the electric company says that power is being delivered to the site then I agree that somewhere between the electric company's service drop and your meter someone has opened the supply.

You should tell the electric company that the smartmeter reads "OPEN" and that it's possible that the service delivery is unsafe as someone may have modified it. If the company finds that the electrical service has been improperly modified they will probably shut down the whole site - provoking action.

See SMART or DIGITAL ELECTRIC METER READINGS

On 2018-08-11 by Kia

I live in a single mobile home and the landlord has done something to cut power to the house.. the light company said everything is good on there end but my outside meter is reading open

On 2018-07-28 by (mod) -

Joseph

Use the Add Image button above to show us photos of
- the home exterior
- close-up sharp photos of the data tag(s) on the home itself (usually at one end of the structure)
See
MANUFACTURED / MOBILE HOME DATA TAGS at https://inspectapedia.com/Manufactured_Homes/Mobile-Home-Data-Tags.php

On 2018-07-28 by JOSEPH MELON

REGARDING POST ON GENM HOME . PLEASE FOWARD ANY INFO TO JMMECHANIC@AOL.COM . THANK YOU

On 2018-07-28 by GENM HOME

HOW COULD I FIND GENM MANUFACTURED MOBIL HOME CO? . IT IS A DOUBLE WIDE . I HAVE 2 REGISTRATIONS .AND HAVE VIN #S . LOOKING TO GET WIRING SCHEMATIC AND GENERAL PLAN LAYOUT OF UNIT .

On 2018-07-28 by Mary - my 1973 Amphibion Mobular Home electric bill is too high

I have a 1973 amphibion modular home my electric bill this month is $480 & last month it was $393 (but was running a 12000 BTU AC- Got rid of AC). I purchased about 4 mths ago my 1st bill was $160 & the 2nd bill was about the same i need to know how to see what is going on

On 2018-06-17 by Lucero

Yesterday I was cleaning house it was raining outside TV was on the washer was on the dryer was on and frigerator and swamp cooler was on then I noticed that the TV went off refrigerator power went off and the washer power went off and I noticed the bedroom lights for a real dim and the hallway lights

Where Dem and for some reason the power quit working so I tripped breakers last night the power went back on and then it started to rain I guess it went back off during the night so if some reason the hall a few wall plug ins aren't working so what is the problem

On 2018-06-19 by (mod) - double wide, arcing in panel but not tripping the breaker, all kitchen outlets,

Conchetta,

Watch out: What you describe is dangerous, risking a fire or electric shock.

If turning off the main breaker does not kill all power you should get OUT OF THE HOME immediately, and call emergency services (in the U.S. that's 911)

I want to know the brand of the electrical panel, and when it's safe to do so I want to see photos of the panel and its labeling and marking. That will permit us to give more specific comments.

A licensed electrician is needed to make the panel safe.

On 2018-06-19 by Conchetta

1996 double wide, arcing in panel but not tripping the breaker, all kitchen outlets,

On 2018-06-17 by Lucero - refrigerator power went off on rainy day

Yesterday I was cleaning house it was raining outside TV was on the washer was on the dryer was on and frigerator and swamp cooler was on then I noticed that the TV went off refrigerator power went off

and the washer power went off and I noticed the bedroom lights for a real dim and the hallway lights

Where Dem and for some reason the power quit working so I tripped breakers last night the power went back on and then it started to rain I guess it went back off during the night so if some reason the hall a few wall plug ins aren't working so what is the problem

On 2018-06-17 by (mod) - usafe elecrical wiring in 1970s Skyline Singlewide home

David, this sounds to me like electrical wiring that is unsafe. I would have banned in the entire circuit and have a license electrician or someone

On 2018-06-17 by David

I have a 1970s skyline single wide. I have lost power to 6 outlets and 3 lights. I have switched off the breaker as I am attempting to trace the issue. Now on this skyline a previous owner added on to it. He added a plug on to the above circuit. This plug powers 2 of the above receptacles. I just discovered this today.

The cord used is a 700 kv wire. The male end of it is charred. I'm unable to access this particular plug (female end) right now. If my knowledge of parallel circuits is correct the female plug is causing issues. In the master bed room. I replaced all 3 receptacles. Plugged my fluke in with the breaker on and got .8 vac. Turned the switch on and got 8vac.

On 2018-05-17 by (mod) - 2011 mobile home been using generator non stop almost for nearly 5 months

Denice

The situation you describe sounds UNSAFE to me, risking a fire, shock, or even death by electrocution - since we don't know what happened or why your electrical system generator and wiring have stopped working. For example if an electrical wire has come loose or is burned or shorted there could be fire or shock hazards.

If your well pump was a 220V motor and it's now getting just 120Volts then the motor may be damaged by running at half voltage.

Turn off the electrical system. Call a licensed electrician to find and fix the wire or generator problem.

Let me know what you're being told and I may be able to offer more specific suggestions or to tell you follow-up questions to ask.

You can also attach a photo of your generator and wiring connections to the home to comments - that may permit us to say more.

On 2018-05-16 by Denice - using an electrical generator non-stop

2011 mobile home been using generator non stop almost for nearly 5 months. Electric issues due to a death in family and probate court. Now the 220 voltage no longer works so well water isn't pushing as well as nearly all electricity. What's my answer in how to fix this?

On 2018-04-29 by cajunhunny917@gmail.com - found wires under my bed

Hi, I just found these wires under my bedroom under my mobile home. Is this normal. What are they for. I know the insulation is still good.

On 2018-03-10 by (mod) - I installed a ceilling fan in my mobile home but now things don't work right

Alice

Watch out: fooling with electrical wiring if you are not trained to do so can cause fire, burn, shock, injury, or worse.

That said, it sounds as if you have reversed control wires between the light switch and fan switch.

On 2018-03-10 by Alice aleka

Hello. I just installed a ceiling fan with light. I have 2 separate switches on wall. I connected black w black; white w white; green w green; house has red wire so I connected blue from fan.

I turned fuse on came tested switches on wall. The switch that used to turn light on now turns fan blades on & switch that used to turn fan blades on now turns light on.

Do I need to put blue from ceiling fan w black house wire? & black ceiling fan wire to red house wire?

 

On 2018-02-18 0 by (mod) -

You may be able to borrow an electrician' s dish tape, a semibrifid wirebused to pull a wire through a ceiling or wall.

On a typical ceiling supporting joists run the short distance between the long walls. If your hom is built similarly your fish tape may push from a hole at the start side to a receiving cut almond the ceiling at t he wall opposite.

On 2018-02-18 by Running new wire in ceiling

Hi I have a 1976 homestead home. My ceiling is made up of 13’ x 12”ish ceiling panels (weird drop ceiling tiles).

My issue is how do I run a new wire from one wall, through the ceiling and end up on the opposing wall? I don’t think I can remove the panel as it would more than likely fall apart.

There is a decent amount of insulation above the ceiling as well. Hoping I don’t have to go under the house, any advice is greatly appreciated.

On 2018-02-06 by (mod) -

Look at e total thicknesses involved. If wires run through the center of joists and you know the tota l floor thickness, depth of set of screws onto the floor, and joust depth, you can calculate the safe screw length.

On 2018-02-05 by any elec. wiring running along under floors?

we are going to fix squeaky floors in doublewide home, withstud finder, and , , 1 inch and 5 eights woood screws, however, we aint doin nothing till we find out if any of the home elec. wiring is running along under the home floors joists?, ect., any ideas?,

we need to get qualified handyman, or elec. to tell us?, there is no way to get the schemtics, because homes of legend sold out to champion homes around 2008, , any advise?

thank you, were going to use a zircon stud finder with wire warning, , carpet is real thin and padding is a joke, so , it should find the studs easily, up to 1 and a half inches, , however, as I said, I will do nothing until, I know that there is no danger of hitting any elec. wires., hank you. ruth d.

On 2017-10-24 by Timothy - where does the red wire go?

I know black and white wires and copper wire as ground I saw there other red wire and I test it Is live wire. I wonder where
the red wire connect to ?

On 2017-10-09 by (mod) - loose electrical connection

Katie,

It sounds to me as if there is a loose electrical connection in at least one of the electrical boxes or receptacle boxes comprising the circuit involved, or possibly, depending on where your electrical panel is located, the problem could be at the breaker for that circuit or at the neutral wire for that circuit in the panel box.

Your electrician will identify the circuit involved, then trace it to look for and correct the loose (and unsafe) connection. She might start by looking first for boxes closest to where you were pounding.

On 2017-10-09 by Katie5973 - with every hit of the hammer in the corners, the lights will go out,

Hello, I recently bought a 2001 Clayton doublewide. We're putting down laminate flooring, so when we were pounding the nails from the carpet strips down into the floor in the back bedroom on the same side as the breaker box, with every hit of the hammer in the corners, the lights will go out, then another hit turns them back on.

I know that the living room (that shares a wall) on the same side is also affected.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

On 2017-09-13 by (mod) -

Anonymous from September 13, from just your text, I do not know what's meant by that phrase.

Anonymous September 4th: your circuit is unsafe: either it has a defective circuit breaker or more-likely it has a short circuit or similar defect that risks fir or shock. I would leave that circuit off until you can have it inspected and repaired by a licensed electrician.

On 2017-09-13 by Anonymous

What do they mean when checking the measurer

On 2017-09-04 by Anonymous

My living room and kitchen lights won't go on and the breaker wont stay on

On 2017-07-21 by (mod) - In Florida code can electrical bonding wire be connected to the frame

Patrick:

That doesn't sound safe to me, since unless the frame were itself bonded to earth with a couple of grounding electrodes you'd risk a shock or fatality from an un-grounded home. Normally the frame is sitting on piers - not conductive to earth.

On 2017-07-20 by Patrick Walsh

In florida code can electrical bonding wire be connected to the frame of a mobile home to act as the ground instead of a copper rod in the ground?

On 2017-06-13 by (mod) - requirement for underground wirng

Elec

The wire should have been rated as UF or underground feeder. What does your local electrical inspector say about the conduit and leaks into it? Sounds wrong to me.

On 2017-06-13 5 by Electrical Connection

New mobile home installed and electrical connections was 100amp, installer ran wire to main panel from trailer in non waterproof metal electrical flex along the ground, never seen this type used outdoors and worry about water and damage. I would say this should be in seal tight flex, what is your take on this.

On 2017-05-15 by (mod) - DIY electrical wiring is dangerous

Chuck,

Understanding that it's more-expensive to call a licensed electrician, I worry that people trying to do their own electrical wiring may not realize that there are risks of both fire and death by shock.

About the ceiling fan removal and wires there, normally black are "hot" wires and white are "neutral" wires. You wouldn't connect black to white directly as that'd be a short circuit that could injure you or at best blow a fuse or trip a circuit breaker.

It does sound as if there are multiple circuits in the electrical box you describe, but it's also the case that it would be quite unusual for a wiring mistake in one junction box to take down ALL of the lights and electrical receptacles (plug-ins) in a singlewide home. So I suspect that either there are fuses blown/circuit breakers switched off, or that there are other electrical wiring snafus too.

On a simple light fixture there will be 3 wires: black, white, and bare copper ground that normally will connect to black (hot), white (netural), and bare ground wires in the electrical box.

Sometimes to add a switch to a ceiling light fixture the electrician runs a pair of wires black and white, from the ceiling box over to a wall switch.

In this case BOTH black and white are actually going to serve as hot wires. Back in the ceiling box the black hot wire that would have connected directly to the light fixture is instead interrupted: the black-white wire pair is used to take the black hot to and from the switch.

Then back in the ceiling box the wire returning from the wall switch connects to the black wire on the light fixture. IN this case good practice would require the electrician to mark the white wire - being used as a switched hot wire - with black tape to indicate to you and me that it was not a neutral wire but instead is a switch wire.

On 2017-05-15 by Chuck holcombe

I have a older single wide and none of the lights or none of the plugins work. The people that lived there before me took the ceiling fan down and put a regular light up and it was not hooked up properly.

I have 4 sets of black and white wires in the box and all the white ones were together but one and it was in with the black I took it out and still nothing. I can touch the white wire from the light to the copper wire and it comes. Any suggestions would help a lot thanks

On 2017-05-10 by Anonymous - electrial panel next to hot water heater?

Next to ... requires a working clearance around the panel, so not blocked by the heater

On 2017-05-10 by jay

can electrical panel be next to hot water heater

On 2017-05-06 by (mod) -

George, it sounds as if there is an open connection in the circuit. That could be an open splice or if you're electrical receptacles are daisy-chained as they usually are in the u.s., and opened connection on one of those terminals.

On 2017-05-04 by George

I have a 1996 Fleetwood 28 x 70 mobile home. The electrical power went out on one section. The section is the back bedroom, front bathroom and dining area. the only power is to the outlets in the bathroom, other wise there is no power to lights and outlets. I had replaced the circuit breaker, but that was not the problem

On 2017-05-01 by Lawrence

I have no power in half my house. Over head lightd. Plug outlets. 3 rooms dont work on half of there rooms. Ive flipped the breaker and still dont work went to the pole outside and killed the whole trailer. N back on and the same 3rooms still dont work.

On 2017-04-12 by David

Can I use aluminum wire from my panel outside to my panel in the trailer

On 2017-01-29 by (mod) where is the electrical cross-over connection of the two halves of a 1994 Dutch manufactured home?

See MANUFACTURED HOME CROSSOVER CONNECTORS

On 2017-01-29 by Lowellstreeter@gmail.com

I have a 1993 Dutch manufactured home where is the electrical contention of the two halves

On 2017-01-26 by karen - metal roofing affects wiring on a 1994 Norris 16x80 mobileh ome?

have a 1994 norris 16x80 moible home I want to put metal roofing on should i worry about the wiring up there

On 2017-01-26 3 by (mod) - is it legal to lay the last foot of heating ducts on wood under a mobile home?

Sorry that you're annoyed Chuck. I understand the expectation for immediate answers. Sometimes, with a great many readers, the volume of questions can be more than we can answer right away.

From just the text in your question I can't say that I actually understand the situation.

However, particularly because there could be serious fire hazards if your wiring is improper and unsafe, I agree that you want to know that.

Do you think that you could call the local building inspector and ask them to take a look. Please do keep us posted.

On 2017-01-25 by Chuck

I guess I can just keep guessing at what the law is since I can't get an answer thanks for nothing

New modular home main electric under home on wood plankes has the heating duck laying on it for the last foot is this legal and will the heating duck heat up electrical wire causing rise in bill

On 2017-01-22 by (mod) - tracing the wiring in a 1990 Clayton Mobil home

Anon you'd need an onsite electrician to trace the circuits from the switch box or from the panel for your home. But first I'd check outdoor lights - that may be another light or even a switched indoor or outdoor receptacle.

Check also your breaker panel to see if any breakers are tripped.

On 2017-01-22 by Anonymous

I bought a 1990 Clayton Mobil home. My question is there are 4 light switches in the living room I can only find 3 of them that are used anyone with ideal what 4 th one is for I would appreciate it one is for kitchen one is for living room and one is for porch light no clue what 4th is for

 

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• ELECTRIC LIGHT SWITCH WIRING DETAILS
• ELECTRIC PANEL INSPECTION SAFETY
• ELECTRIC POWER LOSS / FLICKERING LIGHTS
• ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE CONNECTION DETAILS
• ELECTRICAL SERVICE ENTRY WIRING & AMPACITY - home
• ELECTRICAL WIRING BASICS
• MANUFACTURED HOME CROSSOVER CONNECTORS
• MOBILE HOME CODES, STANDARDS & MANUALS
• MOBILE HOME ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
• MOBILE HOME ELECTRICAL - FLICKERING LIGHTS
• MOBILE HOME ELECTRICAL GFCI DIAGNOSIS
• MOBILE HOME ELECTRICAL POWER LOST
• MOBILE HOME FIRE SAFETY
• SAFETY for ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS - home

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