Slide out circuit breaker trips
I have a 2011 Montana with three slide outs, This morning when the slide outs were coming in the circuit breaks kept tripping, I finally got the slide outs in and the battery seems to be okay so could...
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Dixie Flyer wrote:
....... The thing that puzzles me is when the camper is hooked to the power cord the slides come in and out as they should, that is most of the time. However when running off the battery the circuit breaker trips often..........
The pump motor is a very high current device. And motors will pull more amps when running at less than the design voltage. So it is possible that when the battery voltage is dipping below 12 volts the current is increasing enough to cause the breaker to trip. Whereas when on shore power the higher voltage, and subsequent lower amps, does not do the same.
Possibly your battery is starting to get weak. Have not measured my battery voltage during slide travel to see what it does. But I can run my slides in/out on battery with no problem. I replace my breaker about 4 yrs ago.
