30 15 amp circuit breaker
I have a 5th wheel and found to have a weak 30 15 amp twin pole circuit breaker. This breaker is the main breaker (5th wheel is 30 amp) and the 15 amp is for the water heater. I've temporarily repla...
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Vulcan Rider wrote:BTPO1 wrote:
X2, it is a 30-15 breaker for a reason. JMO
OK so there are at least a couple of supposed electrical experts who frequent here and..........
What possible electrical reason could there be for having the main breaker (30 amp) ganged to the water heater breaker (15 amp) ??
This makes no sense to me and I see absolutely nothing wrong with putting in two individual breakers of the proper size.
To answer your question there is no reason to do that and I have never saw two different amperage breakers tied together, it would be a safety issue.
They are not ganged together. They are two separate breakers, a 30A and a 15A put into one case but separate. If the two were mechanically latched together there would be a mechanical tie between them and take power from two buss bars. JMO
