trigeek
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Hi all: the weather was quite hot last weekend while we were out, the air conditioning kept triping the breaker on my fuse panel, it would run for 2-3 min then trip again, took it down to the dealer yesterday & they had it running for 3 hours with no problems, the plug in was 30amp at the camp ground, would bad power trip my breaker in my trailer, shouldn't it trip on the pole first?
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kathy22
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Are you sure it was 30 amp at the camp ground?
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baldag
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Sounds like low voltage at the CG.
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Dixonmatco
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Should the CG Breaker trip first? Not necessarily..
The question you need to answer is what all did you have running on 110 V at the time? 30A is 30A and if you try to use more than that, the breaker will trip. Some common items that use;
Water heater on electric
Fridge on auto (switches to electric)
Converter charging batteries
Microwave
Air Conditioner
You can solve the problem by turning some of these things off or switching to propane on the fridge and water heater.
Another factor could well be the campground power is a bit low on voltage. As the voltage drops the amount of amperage required rises. Do you have a volt meter plugged into an outlet to monitor voltage?
I don't leave home without one.
Not only will low voltage have an effect on Amperage draw, it also can damage things like your air conditioner if it runs consistantly too low.
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edited 07/03/08 12:49pm by Dixonmatco *
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JFG
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What size breaker were you tripping.. 15, 20?
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TXiceman
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What size breaker and what was your voltage in the trailer with the A/C operting. You need to get one of the plug in volt meaters. The A/C units should be able to run on 108 volts as the power company is to provide 120 volts, +/- 10%.
Some of the older units could still run at 105 volts, but the newer ones sure don't like below 108 volts.
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Nick Wildwood
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It sounds like you might have been plugged into a 20 amp circuit. Did you need to use an adapter or did you plug straight in? The CG's I've been to seem to have a 110volt - 20 amp receptacle and a 220volt 50 amp receptacle. Buy an adapter so you can plug into the 50 amp circuit. Make sure the adapter drops the voltage down to 110. I needed one at Lake Havasu and all the stores were sold out so I made one myself but the parts costed more that buying one.
If you actually were plugged into a 30 amp circuit then the CG didn't use large enough wire to account for the voltage drop which happens on long runs.
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Texcam
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I had the same problem last week. There was voltage issues at the CG. I used a voltage booster and still tripped the breaker inside. It happened at another campground with extreme heat but solid voltage. Once it cooled off a few degrees, I had no problems. No problems since but I never did figure out the mystery.
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