Help! !30 amp main, shuts off on shore power.
I was just at the Colorado River, extreme heat. Plugged into 30 amp shore power, both a/c running and it would trip my main breaker inside the coach. Also running 1 a/c and the microwave it would tri...
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Blackdiamond wrote:
I have an Intellitec ECC, could it be bad or bad power from the pedestal? I know every time the breaker would cut out I would have to turn off power at the pedestal before the breaker would go back on.
Well, I'm sorry to say the answer is YES.. I know, don't help does it.
You need to monitor current (The ECC should display on 30 amps) Theory has it that a 30 amp breaker should trip at around 27 amps or more sustained should hold at less. the ECC is designed to hold you down below 27 amps...
So either the ECC is not doing it's job, or the Breaker is overdoing it's job.. I have seen the latter happen (Do not have an ECC so have never seen, personally the first but have read about it).
