Recommendation for heater?
Hey, I'm looking for a recommendation for an electric space heater. I live in my camper . Last year I bought a well reviewed space heater on amazon that kept flipping the circuit breaker switch. I ...
Forum Discussion
DutchmenSport wrote:
It took some trial and error, but here's some tricks I discovered to stay within the 30 amp allocated usage all my travel trailers permitted.
1st. I always ran my water heater on gas, not electric.
2nd. When running the microwave, we always turned the air conditioners off first.
3rd. If we ran a portable electric heater, or an electric skillet, or an electric griddle, we always plugged it into the campground shore power post by running a separate orange 50 foot extension cord into the camper.
This worked.
There's no magic to this, it's simply a matter of practicing power management. Restrict your overall draw to no more than what your rig's main service is rated for & the service you're drawing from AND ensure you don't attempt to draw any more than any given circuit is rated for and there's no reason to ever trip a breaker. Blindly plug in and turn whatever you feel like turning on and it's a virtual guarantee you're going to trip breakers - COMMON SENSE. Start by labeling every breaker so you know exactly what circuit(s) each is protecting and know what each is circuit is rated for, in most cases 15 amps.
