Travel trailer circuit breakers keep popping
Not willing to freeze to death this winter in our Jayco Pinnacle in Kelowna, B.C, we purchased a 2006 29-foot Roadrunner Elite travel trailer and have been happily wintering in Apache Junction, Arizon...
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Circuit breakers get a little weaker every time they pop, so it is likely that they need replaced. In normal service, they are not supposed to ever pop, unless there is a serious problem. They will last for decades if never used.
On the other hand, if you pop the same one twice, you DO have a serious problem. It sounds like you may be overloading the circuit. A 1500 watt heater will, all by itself, take 12.5 amps of what are usually 15 amp circuits, especially on a rig that only has 30 amp service in the first place. That will leave at most 2.5 amps on that circuit for every/anything else. 2.5 amps is only 300 watts, which is half a coffee maker, or half a water heater, or half a curling iron/hair dryer.
On the other hand, if you pop the same one twice, you DO have a serious problem. It sounds like you may be overloading the circuit. A 1500 watt heater will, all by itself, take 12.5 amps of what are usually 15 amp circuits, especially on a rig that only has 30 amp service in the first place. That will leave at most 2.5 amps on that circuit for every/anything else. 2.5 amps is only 300 watts, which is half a coffee maker, or half a water heater, or half a curling iron/hair dryer.
