Reducing Electric Costs
I was wondering, is it possible to reduce electric costs by pulling fuses and turning off switches on the breaker? I tripped the breaker a few times when it was really cold out and I had both heaters ...
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BruceAllen wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
Converter/charger maintaining battery voltage.
What do you mean by this? If I'm parked and hooked up to a power supply with a cord, can I turn this off? How?
IF you open the 120V AC CB that feds converter.charger then you will only have 12V DC until battery goes low....and no charger to maintain battery voltage.
Drawing battery voltage down below 50% will shorten battery life
And as I posted earlier......SOME components are still 'hot' when OFF
But just like your link suggested...minimal energy use
The A/C Unit might have a circuit board that still consumes power (1 watt or less) when NOT running
IF limiting 1 watt is keeping your power pedestal breaker from tripping then power pedestal breaker needs replaced (worn out) or you are overloading it AND flipping CBs off isn't the solution.
That 120V AC CB for the A/C Unit.....remove panel cover and see if that breaker has '2' wires connected to CB Load terminal.
Sometimes RV mfg. use a CB to fed 2 components from single breaker.
Not right but they do it......sometimes converter is fed this way.
Converter will use 1-8 amps (float mode to bulk mode)
But again if converter is turned off then battery WILL run down
Fridge/water heater..on electric or propane???
What else are you using besides the 2 space heaters?
How do you know you only are using 2800W?
Again WHAT breaker is tripping....30A?
Power pedestal breaker?
What is your RV....30A or 50A?
