Keep tripping 110 breaker when plugging in

Your converter may be coming on hard to charge your batteries.

Unplug your fridge

First off how many amps is the socket you are plugging into. If its a standard 15A plug-in, then it should run your rv fridge, convertor and lights...pump etc. I would assume that you have a "high load" item that is still on despite your checks. Check that your electric hot water heater isn't on. Also confirm that the wiring to your rv batteries are in order and nothing shorting. I suspect something is still pulling power, or perhaps your plugging into a socket that is already loaded in your house and it cant take the load of the rv.

Daryll

FLY 4 FUN wrote:
First off how many amps is the socket you are plugging into. If its a standard 15A plug-in, then it should run your rv fridge, convertor and lights...pump etc. I would assume that you have a "high load" item that is still on despite your checks. Check that your electric hot water heater isn't on. Also confirm that the wiring to your rv batteries are in order and nothing shorting. I suspect something is still pulling power, or perhaps your plugging into a socket that is already loaded in your house and it cant take the load of the rv.

Daryll

Also. Find out what in the house is on that circuit as well. You may be running something in the home that is close to max amps, and just a little more from the 5er kicks it over.

Alot of converter/chargers have their own 120VAC plug that is plugged into a 120VAC receptacle in the trailers. My PD 9260C COnverter/charger is this way...



Photos from google images

If yours is like this maybe just an extension out to the trailer and only plug-in the converter/charger unit.

This might be easier to get the batteries charged back for now instead of trying to figure out why the house breaker is tripping plugging in the trailer shore power cable.

Just a thought
Roy Ken

Is it a GFCI outlet? Try turning off RV main breaker, plug in RV to 110, reset RV main breaker.

Also, check your adaptors, you could have a bad one.

This is some info on ways to hook up to 120VAC receptacle in your house/garage that might be of some help. You will need a RV Adapter to get down to the 120VAC plug. ALot of us carry the various RV adapters with us when we are on the road to cover all of the power circumstances...

I would have to use two adapters to get a 50AMP Shore power down to the 120VAC Receptacle plug.

First is to convert the 50AMP Trailer Shore Power Cable to the RV50AMP FEMALE to RV30AMP MALE adapter


RV50AMP FEMALE to RV30AMP MALE ADAPTER



Then you will need to ADAPT the 30AMP MALE ADAPTER down to the 120VAC MALE PLUG using this ADAPTER



Now you can plug these two adapters into a 10 GAUGE 25-50FOOT HD Extension cord which you can plug into a GOOD 120VAC Receptacle in your garage. You really want to use a 120VAC RECEPTACLE that is close to your Garage Breaker panel and doesn't have other receptacles in the loop. I use a 120VAC 20AMP RECEPTACLE that was installed for a stand alone Air Compressor in my garage.



This is what I would do at my house for one of my parked RV Trailers.

I would also make sure the 120VAC RECEPTACLE is wired correctly using one of these 120VAC CIRCUIT TESTERS..



If the bottom two YELLOW LIGHTS are ON as shown above then your 120VAC RECEPTACLE is wired correctly. All three conductors must be used in your receptacle that you want to plug into...

Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES would I ever use any of those small round RV ADAPTERS as they will get hot and destroy your good cable plugs...



Your high dollar RV CABLES will end up looking like this and will have to replaced...


I use 10-gauge Extension cords to feed my trailers at home and you could get away with 12-gauge but may start seeing some voltage drop and heating of connections for the high current items in your trailer. I would NEVER USE those 14-16 gauge extension cords you find at the local hardware stores. I lucked out when I was looking for heavy duty extension cords and found two 10-gauge (10-3) 50-foot contractor type extension cords for $50 for the two...

If you want to test each of the 120VAC ADAPTERS use these two pictorials as a guide on what you expect to measure using a multi-meter

RV 50AMP SERVICE


RV 15AMP-20AMP-30AMP SERVICE


This is how a typical CAMPGROUND PEDESTAL is wired up for 50A and 30A service... NOTE adding 20A SERVICE is exactly like the 30A service except it is fed with a 20AMP Circuit Breaker and uses the appropriate socket.

ALL IMAGES from GOOGLE IMAGES

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Roy Ken

We had no problem hooked up to 110, until the water heater was put on electric. It wasn't done on purpose, someone just hit the button. Every time we have tripped the breaker or the GFCI, it has been the water heater. We run the fridge, the heater, the a/c, even the microwave (not all at once) but the water heater will shut us down every time. We are currently hooked up to 110 and will be for a long cold month...

just a thought... check the actual breaker in the house. it just may need replaced. they do wear out. i had the same problem, changed the breaker, and all was fine. :)