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jaycoman89
Explorer
Jul 19, 2020

Power outage/tripped breaker question

I have my camper in a campground where I stay plugged into shore power. There is an app for the energy company where I can monitor daily usage. Nothing is plugged in, only thing that stays on is the microwave and fridge.

It looks like yesterday afternoon the power has gone out and not come back, which leads me to believe the circuit breaker tripped (hopefully didn't die altogether). Either way, if the breaker is tripped, do I need to get down there ASAP to turn it off/on or would it be fine until next weekend? Thankfully there's not much in the fridge. But curious on thoughts here.
  • enblethen's avatar
    enblethen
    Nomad
    Jul 19, 2020
    That would be correct! You do not know whether the power been restored or there is a tripped breaker.
    Is there anyone you can call? How about the power company?
  • jaycoman89's avatar
    jaycoman89
    Explorer
    Jul 19, 2020
    enblethen wrote:
    The app reads through the electronic meter. If service breaker or breaker in the rig is tripped you would not know, If the meter has power, it would be shown on app.
    Could be the power has not been restored!


    I used to turn the breakers off when I would leave but it would stay plugged into shore power. When the breakers in the camper were off, it would show 0 consumption on the app, same as it is showing now.
  • enblethen's avatar
    enblethen
    Nomad
    Jul 19, 2020
    The app reads through the electronic meter. If service breaker or breaker in the rig is tripped you would not know, If the meter has power, it would be shown on app.
    Could be the power has not been restored!
  • jaycoman89's avatar
    jaycoman89
    Explorer
    Jul 19, 2020
    time2roll wrote:
    You have a way to monitor if power is off in the RV?
    Otherwise can you call the campground and have them check for you?
    Or maybe the power is off for repairs...

    If it is a 2-way fridge it may continue to operate on battery and propane for a few days.


    There is an app through the power company that allows me to see hourly power usage... from 1 PM yesterday, there has been no power showing up in the usage report, and daily consumption yesterday was just over half of a typical day where I'm not there.

    Honestly I'm not sure if it's a 2-way fridge or not; any other time the breaker trips I get an audilble "AC lo" alarm on it.
  • time2roll's avatar
    time2roll
    Nomad
    Jul 19, 2020
    You have a way to monitor if power is off in the RV?
    Otherwise can you call the campground and have them check for you?
    Or maybe the power is off for repairs...

    If it is a 2-way fridge it may continue to operate on battery and propane for a few days.
  • Lwiddis's avatar
    Lwiddis
    Explorer II
    Jul 19, 2020
    What’s the outside high temperature? What’s in the fridge?

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