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mileshuff
Explorer
Jul 04, 2018

A/C breaker trips whenever ambient temp is high?

The A/C on my 5'er will trip it's breaker whenever ambient outside temp is high, 95F+. It will run only 10 minutes or so before tripping. If outside temp is lower than that it will run without issue...
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dougrainer
Nomad
Jul 06, 2018
joshuajim wrote:
I live in the Mojave, so we see some spectacular temps. One day I decided to monitor my Dometic 13.5. When I started the test the OAT was 106 and interior temp was 101. The unit started easily on my Yammy 2400, but as head pressure built the wattage increases to 2040 watts or about 17 amps


The AC will increase 1 amp per 10 degrees above 95 degrees. Doug

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