Rec/Con fuse shutting off
Hi, I live full-time in my 2010 Cougar fifth wheel. I know it is a light-use unit so I try to take good care of it. Like others, I do worry about fire. For the first time in the three years I hav...
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You are correct that REC/CON is Recepticals and Converter.
Depending on your converter it can easily draw up to 10 amps (Take the last two digits of the model number and divide by 10, write that number down, now divide by 5 write that number down, add the two together and that's the peak draw).
Add to that whatever is plugged in. Heaters. Fans. Hair Dryers. Deep Fryer. And you have the click of darkness.
The solution on the converter is to let the battery charge, as the battery charges the needs go down down down to the point where the converter with FULLY charge batteries is in the single amp range.
Depending on your converter it can easily draw up to 10 amps (Take the last two digits of the model number and divide by 10, write that number down, now divide by 5 write that number down, add the two together and that's the peak draw).
Add to that whatever is plugged in. Heaters. Fans. Hair Dryers. Deep Fryer. And you have the click of darkness.
The solution on the converter is to let the battery charge, as the battery charges the needs go down down down to the point where the converter with FULLY charge batteries is in the single amp range.
