A/C Tripping Breaker Question
All, I have a FR Work and Play with a rooftop AC. Not sure of the model off the top of my head but I don't think it's relevant at this point as I just want to confirm a few things. Here goes. ...
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Assuming your home 50AMP RV circuit was wired up according to code and you have a nice RV 50AMP Receptacle on the outside wall available to use... Sometimes your RV Unit may be too far away form the 50AMP Receptacle and you might use an RV adapter and a longer 120VAC standard extension cord. It could be this added extension cord is not a 10GAUGE heavy duty size cord and giving you some AC Voltage drop when being used. This will burn up your cable ends and could also do damage to your air conditioner unit... Just be sure what you are using is a good heavy duty 10GAUGE wiring... If you are doing something like this DO NOT use the small round type RV ADAPTERs and use what they call long DOG BONE type adapters which are available from WALMART...
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This then will allow you to use your standard RV SHORE POWER Cable to plug into the home 50A Receptacle... You should not have any too small cable sizes involved with this setup...
Like said above you really should have a small plug-in AC VOLTMETER like shown here that will tell you where the GREEN SAFE ZONE is with the incoming 120VAC power...
These are inexpensive and I got mine from AMAZON... I have mine plugged into a out of the way 120VAC Receptacle all the time. I just glance at it to tell me the the proper 120VAC level is present before I turn on the Air Conditioner.
Another thing one could do to verify your 120VAC 50 AMP setup is properly wired is to use a portable AC VOLTMETER and read the between the four 50AMP PLUG receptacle sockets like shown in this pictorial... I do this all the time at camp grounds for the 30A pedestal receptacle before I plug into it... If I don't see these readings then I will not plug into the pedestal...
50A
30A/20A/15A
NO SHOCK ZONE images
If you are going to stick meter probes into these AC SOCKETS please be very careful not to spark anything to ground.
Just for your info even my small footprint trailer with few 120VAC High Wattage being used I will sometimes trip my 30A trailer breaker if I have the Air Conditioner running and the Microwave ON at the same time... Just things you have to learn about for your particular trailer I guess haha...
Roy Ken
Google Image
This then will allow you to use your standard RV SHORE POWER Cable to plug into the home 50A Receptacle... You should not have any too small cable sizes involved with this setup...
Like said above you really should have a small plug-in AC VOLTMETER like shown here that will tell you where the GREEN SAFE ZONE is with the incoming 120VAC power...
These are inexpensive and I got mine from AMAZON... I have mine plugged into a out of the way 120VAC Receptacle all the time. I just glance at it to tell me the the proper 120VAC level is present before I turn on the Air Conditioner.
Another thing one could do to verify your 120VAC 50 AMP setup is properly wired is to use a portable AC VOLTMETER and read the between the four 50AMP PLUG receptacle sockets like shown in this pictorial... I do this all the time at camp grounds for the 30A pedestal receptacle before I plug into it... If I don't see these readings then I will not plug into the pedestal...
50A
30A/20A/15A
NO SHOCK ZONE images
If you are going to stick meter probes into these AC SOCKETS please be very careful not to spark anything to ground.
Just for your info even my small footprint trailer with few 120VAC High Wattage being used I will sometimes trip my 30A trailer breaker if I have the Air Conditioner running and the Microwave ON at the same time... Just things you have to learn about for your particular trailer I guess haha...
Roy Ken
