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Wiz
Explorer
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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pianotuna
Nomad III
Jun 14, 2015
Hi Salvo,

Very true, however, I thought the root cause was low voltage.

I had that happen last July during a heat wave. The campground 30 amp breaker would not power the air conditioner. It was the only load and was drawing 1900 watts. Voltage had sagged to below 107 which is my usual 'cut off'.

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