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Wiz
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Jun 13, 2015

Main breaker trips with A/C and Microwave on.->RESOLVED

My main circuit breaker trips if we start the microwave when the A/C is running. Today when it happened, I forgot to turn off the AC before resetting the breaker and the A/C wouldn't start. I turned i...
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Wiz
Explorer
Jun 13, 2015
smkettner wrote:
For testing turn off the other three branch circuits. AC and MW are separate breakers. Main also on of course.

Is it the pedestal or the RV 30a breaker that opens? I assume the pedestal breaker could be weak.

Ultimately you may need an amp draw reading on the AC to see if it is burning out.

RV Main breaker is the one that trips. Has happened in a number of campgrounds and the campground breaker has never tripped.

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