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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wa8yxm wrote:
Did you say the breaker was labeled bot RECPT and Water Heater? This is non-code. Even for RV's. The Water heater is 1200-1500 watt, that's 10-12.5 amps, THe breaker should be either a 15 or 20 depending on the wire hooked to it, and the RECPTICALs should be on a 15 amp breaker, the heater is 12.5 amps
12.5 plus 12.5 is 25 and that will trip either a 15 or a 20, add in the converter and you can pop the 30 as well.
No, what he said was:
braeworth wrote:
....of the bottom circuit breakers (labeled "Recept" and "RV Water Heater").....
He's talking about the bottom TWO breakers and their respective labels.
Try running the hot water heater on gas, that frees up a lot of elec capacity.
