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LEX PowerHOUSE Pagoda 100A Distro troubleshooting
The LEX PowerHOUSE Pagoda 100A Distro problems live-event techs bring to Ask Roadie most. Pick your symptom, or describe your own in plain words, and get the likeliest fix first, with the manual page when there is one.
Common PowerHOUSE Pagoda 100A Distro errors & problems
What techs run into most, and what's usually behind it. The step-by-step fix for your exact unit is in Ask Roadie.
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What is the correct sequence to power up the distro the first time (or after a full shutdown)?
Likely cause: Energizing branch circuits one at a time and verifying each isolates a bad circuit or overloaded load immediately, rather than tripping the feeder or masking which circuit is at fault when everything is switched on simultaneously.
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Can this box be used outdoors / in the rain?
Likely cause: NEMA 1 enclosures have no rain/ingress protection; using one outdoors risks water tracking across energized cam terminals.
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How do I balance the 15 Edison circuits across the three phases?
Likely cause: A wye distro shares one neutral; badly unbalanced phases push high current back on the neutral and waste feeder headroom, and an overloaded phase trips or overheats the feeder even when total draw looks fine.
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A 20A Edison circuit keeps nuisance-tripping
Likely cause: Branch breakers are thermal-magnetic 20A, 1-pole; sustained draw above ~16A trips them by design.
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What are the camlock (16-series) color codes on the input?
Likely cause: Correct color matching prevents cross-phasing a hot into the neutral or ground, which would energize the chassis/ground path.
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What is the -RGN (Reverse Ground/Neutral) variant and why use it?
Likely cause: Reversing G/N gender makes it mechanically impossible to plug a hot into the ground/neutral position, eliminating a common and dangerous tie-in error.
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On the GFCI variant a receptacle has no power
Likely cause: GFCI receptacles trip on ~5mA ground-fault imbalance and latch off until reset; clearing the faulted load and resetting restores power.
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