We bought this 1995 Fleetwood jamboree a few weeks ago. Plugged it in at home and it worked fine, AC and everything. Then the breaker tripped repeatedly. Our neighbor, who is an electrician, put a new plug on the cable because it was fraying some. Worked at first only when we cut the breaker off in the house and in the motorhome before plugging it in then turned the breakers back on. Breaker in the house would still kick off periodically. Now the breaker will not stay on it all when we have the motorhome plugged in even though everything is turned off in the motorhome. What is going on? Any help would be appreciated.

The load center breakers may be over-worked and are failing. New circuit breakers may cure it but only temporarily. A good diagnosis of the issues would have to be done with meter in hand and close inspection of the pieces of the puzzle.If the breaker is tripping with no load on the downstream side, an assumption of a short circuit would be appropriate. Perhaps that fraying cord is the cause.

dstone wrote:We bought this 1995 Fleetwood jamboree a few weeks ago. Plugged it in at home and it worked fine, AC and everything. Then the breaker tripped repeatedly. Our neighbor, who is an electrician, put a new plug on the cable because it was fraying some. Worked at first only when we cut the breaker off in the house and in the motorhome before plugging it in then turned the breakers back on. Breaker in the house would still kick off periodically. Now the breaker will not stay on it all when we have the motorhome plugged in even though everything is turned off in the motorhome. What is going on? Any help would be appreciated.are you plugging in to a std house outlet (115/120 vac) or a 30-amp RV outlet?

Is it 30A service? Are you plugging in to a 30A receptacle?

Your converter may still be on with everything else off.

Is the main breaker off in the RV? If so you have a short between the plug and the main RV panel.This should be slam dunk easy for a licensed electrician.

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Mandalay_Parr
Explorer
Sep 05, 2016
Your converter may still be on with everything else off.
sch911
Explorer
Sep 05, 2016
Is it 30A service? Are you plugging in to a 30A receptacle?
rk911
Explorer
Sep 05, 2016
dstone wrote:
We bought this 1995 Fleetwood jamboree a few weeks ago. Plugged it in at home and it worked fine, AC and everything. Then the breaker tripped repeatedly. Our neighbor, who is an electrician, put a new plug on the cable because it was fraying some. Worked at first only when we cut the breaker off in the house and in the motorhome before plugging it in then turned the breakers back on. Breaker in the house would still kick off periodically. Now the breaker will not stay on it all when we have the motorhome plugged in even though everything is turned off in the motorhome. What is going on? Any help would be appreciated.

are you plugging in to a std house outlet (115/120 vac) or a 30-amp RV outlet?
westend
Explorer
Sep 05, 2016
The load center breakers may be over-worked and are failing. New circuit breakers may cure it but only temporarily. A good diagnosis of the issues would have to be done with meter in hand and close inspection of the pieces of the puzzle.

If the breaker is tripping with no load on the downstream side, an assumption of a short circuit would be appropriate. Perhaps that fraying cord is the cause.

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