Itasca. Shore power.

rk911 wrote:

Vibrant93 wrote:
Thanks for taking the time to read this. My wife and I have had our 2000 Itasca Suncruiser for 8 months or so now and have officially almost figured out everything there is to know about it! Ha, how's that for confidence?! There is one thing that I do not quite understand though. This coach (35U/Ford) has a 30amp power cord yet on the power panel inside the motorhome has a selection for 50/30/20 amp service. We've figured out that the basement A/C unit has 2 compressors and that selecting the correct amperage rating for the service provided has a major influence whether or not breakers are tripped. My question. How would we ever utilize 50 amp service if the power cord into the RV isn't a 50 amp cord? We recently went to a park that had 50amp service and I plugged in using a 50 to 30 amp reducer on my cord yet was still not able to select the 50amp selection inside the RV on the power panel. Does this make sense?

we had that same coach until august 2015. the panel you refer to is a std panel used across different models both 30 and 50-amp. a 50-amp version of the 35U was offered (and we should have ordered that rather than 30-amp version. in the large scheme the cost of that upgrade was minor).

you CAN use both air conditioners while on a 30-amp hookup but not much more. the panel (an Energy Mgmt System) will shed loads such as AC2, the electric wtr heater if equipped), etc to prevent an overload. it mostly worked for us. we ended up just running the water htr on LP in hot weather and killed the AC while running the microwave.

we really enjoyed the 35U and consider it the best floorplan we've ever seen including our current MH.

BINGO just what I tried to tell u in my first posts. Thanks RK911
on a side note a poster claims if it has a 5500 onan its supposed to have a 50 amp cord??
That would seem strange as the generators only produce 30 amp system