Leaving breakers in the camper on while away?
Hello campers, I've heard different opinions on this. My Jayco sits permanently on a campground that supplies shore power. I've been told to turn all the breakers (the ones inside, not at the pede...
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Do they turn the circuit breakers off in their houses too when they go to work or on vacation?
A circuit breaker is a wiring overload device when the drawn amperage exceeds the rating for the wire gauge. It serves to prevent the in wall wiring for overheating and causing a fire. If the appliances that are on those circuits are off there will be no drawn amperage in the open circuit and nothing to trip the breaker anyway.
Turning breakers off is useless unless one thinks what ever appliance is left on will magically overdraw power when they aren't there.
Sounds like paranoid old timers who still unplug their toasters from the wall when they arent using them.
When a/c electricity was first installed into homes, people were afraid the current would "fall out" of the wall receptacles and shock them.
A circuit breaker is a wiring overload device when the drawn amperage exceeds the rating for the wire gauge. It serves to prevent the in wall wiring for overheating and causing a fire. If the appliances that are on those circuits are off there will be no drawn amperage in the open circuit and nothing to trip the breaker anyway.
Turning breakers off is useless unless one thinks what ever appliance is left on will magically overdraw power when they aren't there.
Sounds like paranoid old timers who still unplug their toasters from the wall when they arent using them.
When a/c electricity was first installed into homes, people were afraid the current would "fall out" of the wall receptacles and shock them.
