Generator Shutdown - Weid Event
Ok, I am brand new to this RV and mobile home thing. My dad had a 5th wheel but I never really used it. We just purchased a 2017 Thor Challenger 37YT. We have had it parked at the house the last few...
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wa8yxm wrote:
Fridge 300-400 watts
Inverter draws from house batteries if it is not a pass through type how much it draws depends on the load. But can be up to 2000 watts
Converter can draw up to around 1100 watts or so I'm told again depending on how big it is. that's 10 amps
If the inverter was drawing on the battereies and they were not full up then the converter was likely drawing the full 10 amps. another 3 for the fridge and 1 for the small fridge and likely 3 for the floodlights (1.5 each) and you are at 17 amps.. Very close to the Click of darkness You said the breaker was 15.
It adds up faster than you think.
Thanks for the response. I am pretty sure that is what tripped my 15 amp house breaker. We have constant issues with that GFCI circuit tripping anyway. Not sure why it is so easy to trip.
What I am more concerned with is why the generator suddenly shut down. And did it damage the air conditioner.
Would such an event cause an air conditioner to lose only some of its cooling power?? Hard to see how that could happen.
