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DutchmenSport
Oct 09, 2019Explorer
If you exceed 30 amps, the breaker at the campground pedestal trips. That's all. Figure out what you can turn off inside your camper to be under the 30 amps, and flip the breaker back on. That's the worst that will happen.
It's called, "power management" ... being aware of how much electricity each item in the camper draws. Never run the air-conditioner and microwave at the same time. Together alone, they are fine. But combined, more than likely the breaker will pop.
Use your water heater on gas. If you use stand alone electric appliances, like space heaters, toasters, hair dryers, it's best to run a separate extension cord from the campground post inside the camper, plugged into the 20 amp plug (household plug), so those high energy items won't pull from the 30 amps available for your camper.
Just this last week-end we popped a breaker inside the camper, and we are 50 amp. We had 1 crock pot, 1 electric griddle, a coffee pot, and a toaster all on one circuit. All that happened was one of the 15 amp breakers inside the camper popped. We didn't realize all those plugs were on the same circuit. Now we know, and will never plug in that much at one time again.
Simple... easy-peasy, no damage, just learn from it.
It's called, "power management" ... being aware of how much electricity each item in the camper draws. Never run the air-conditioner and microwave at the same time. Together alone, they are fine. But combined, more than likely the breaker will pop.
Use your water heater on gas. If you use stand alone electric appliances, like space heaters, toasters, hair dryers, it's best to run a separate extension cord from the campground post inside the camper, plugged into the 20 amp plug (household plug), so those high energy items won't pull from the 30 amps available for your camper.
Just this last week-end we popped a breaker inside the camper, and we are 50 amp. We had 1 crock pot, 1 electric griddle, a coffee pot, and a toaster all on one circuit. All that happened was one of the 15 amp breakers inside the camper popped. We didn't realize all those plugs were on the same circuit. Now we know, and will never plug in that much at one time again.
Simple... easy-peasy, no damage, just learn from it.
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