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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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wolfe10
Explorer
Jun 13, 2015
Houston Remodeler wrote:
If the main breaker is tripping it means you're not drawing enough power into the RV


Perhaps a "rephrase" is in order:

If CG voltage is low, many appliances, including A/C's will draw more AMPS. This can cause the appliance(s) to draw more amps than the breaker was designed to handle and it will trip.

If you try to draw more than the capacity of the CG breaker (assume 30 amps) it will be the CG breaker that trips. Again, low voltage can cause your appliances to demand additional amps.

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