MicroWave or 110 Outlets No Longer Work

(I am the original poster)

I need to see it there is a reset button on the actual outlet inside the RV next time I go to her house.

goreds2 wrote:
I reset all the breakers, the 30 amp does not want to stay in the on position (all the way to top?).

Unless you turned it all the way off before trying to turn it back on, it won't stay up.

If you DID turn it all the way off first, then I agree that you have a short somewhere. The suggestion of turning off all of the breakers and turning them back on one at a time is a good one. It will identify the circuit with the problem. That will narrow down the possibilities a lot.

I disagree with the ATS as a suspect. It is before the breaker box. If it was the problem, the breaker at the pedestal would be the one tripping, not the breaker in the RV.

DrewE wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
30 amp does not want to stay in the on position :H

That is the MAIN AC Circuit Breaker
With it tripping NO AC Power from gen or shore power

YOU have a short/loose wiring most likely in the 'ATS' (Auto Transfer Switch)
IT is the 'box' where shore power cord and gen power cord goes into and then wiring goes out to main panel

IF yo don't have an ATS and have to plug gen in then problem is in that outlet or wiring going to main panel

A 30A (or other) breaker not staying in the on position is indeed indicative of a short/overload or (much more rarely) of a bad/worn out breaker.

If this is the 30A main breaker in the RV's distribution panel, the problem is not with the ATS as the breaker is after the ATS, and likely something in the main panel itself (since otherwise one of the branch circuit breakers would be tripping). Another possibility is that you have some combination of loads that exceeds 30A, but where each load does not individually exceed the branch circuit ratings--such as the microwave, the air conditioner, and maybe the converter and water heater all trying to run at once.

If it's the breaker on the generator, it could be the ATS or the wiring between the generator and the transfer switch.

Obviously, if you don't have an ATS, it's not the problem.

YEP......
I was not thinking correctly when I posted.
Open ALL circuit breakers in RV MAIN AC PANEL (Main 30A and ALL individual CBs 15/20A)
Plug in shore power cord to power source OR start Generator.
Then close 30A Main........does it trip?
Then close each individual CB until 30A trips.

Old-Biscuit wrote:
30 amp does not want to stay in the on position :H

That is the MAIN AC Circuit Breaker
With it tripping NO AC Power from gen or shore power

YOU have a short/loose wiring most likely in the 'ATS' (Auto Transfer Switch)
IT is the 'box' where shore power cord and gen power cord goes into and then wiring goes out to main panel

IF yo don't have an ATS and have to plug gen in then problem is in that outlet or wiring going to main panel

A 30A (or other) breaker not staying in the on position is indeed indicative of a short/overload or (much more rarely) of a bad/worn out breaker.

If this is the 30A main breaker in the RV's distribution panel, the problem is not with the ATS as the breaker is after the ATS, and likely something in the main panel itself (since otherwise one of the branch circuit breakers would be tripping). Another possibility is that you have some combination of loads that exceeds 30A, but where each load does not individually exceed the branch circuit ratings--such as the microwave, the air conditioner, and maybe the converter and water heater all trying to run at once.

If it's the breaker on the generator, it could be the ATS or the wiring between the generator and the transfer switch.

Obviously, if you don't have an ATS, it's not the problem.

Could it be a fuse?

30 amp does not want to stay in the on position :H

That is the MAIN AC Circuit Breaker
With it tripping NO AC Power from gen or shore power

YOU have a short/loose wiring most likely in the 'ATS' (Auto Transfer Switch)
IT is the 'box' where shore power cord and gen power cord goes into and then wiring goes out to main panel

IF yo don't have an ATS and have to plug gen in then problem is in that outlet or wiring going to main panel

GFI
bumpy

Does it have an inverter? If yes, most have one or two circuit breakers on the inverter itself. Typically, the symptoms you describe are caused by one or both of the inverter breakers flipped.

Hope this helps

Ron

Is there a switch box that the generator and shore power feed into? The main breaker not resetting, you are flipping the breaker to off first before flipping it to on I take it, indicates the switch box may be shorted out