Expanding AC distribution panel
I'm looking at options for expanding the AC dist. on a Parallax 6300 dist. panel.
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ktmrfs wrote:BFL13 wrote:
The 2003 Komfort 5er came with their year 2000 manual (dealer supplied) It has wiring diagrams for the trailers they made in Oregon.
They had the 6300 for Canadian and the 6300 for USA set-ups. (ours has a 7300) The USA one had five branches all 20 amp as marked--no idea if built that way with 12 wire for all) and the MW and WH on own breakers.
The Canadian version had four branches, all 15 amp except the AC 20, and the WH and MW shared a breaker. The trailer has a big switch on the kitchen wall for WH,Off,MW, so you have to pick one or the other.
It has a few 120v lights too, which are on the receptacle circuit, which the fridge is on outside, and the converter shares that breaker.
Apparently, they felt it was necessary to have a different one from the USA NEC one, but I am not familiar with the codes for each country. I believe they are very similar though.
looks like you have a "manual" load shed device. Intent is the same, allowing connection of two high current devices on one circuit, while only allowing ONE to be on at a time.
It could be Canadian codes are different than U.S. or that the manual switch is less expensive than a automatic load shed device.
Somebody from the States said he had the same MW /WH switch in his rig.
My 1991 MH, RV part built in Canada, has a 6300 too. It has a 30a Main and five branches, all 15s except the AC 20a. The WH is propane only so no sharing 15a breaker with the MW. So it is all circumstantial besides whatever codes there are in effect at the time of build. (Codes do change over the years)
