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I was supposed to move into the seasonal site last week. Postponed due to 3 nor-easters in a row leaving the campground in ruins. Changed to this weekend and guess what...3-5" of snow expected Saturday Night. I'm done with Northeast weather! Feel so far behind the 8 ball it isn't funny! Hoping Summer makes up for this horrific March!533Views0likes0CommentsRe: A/C tripping the breaker
Well, THAT was interesting! Got down last week (post delayed a little bit) and everything was working fine. Let it run for 2 days and at 0300, the breaker tripped. I just happened to be awake so I checked. It wasn't the A/C breaker like wifey said, it was the MAIN! That morning, I did some checking and thinking. On electric, I had the Fridge, A/C, Elec. hot water heater and an ice maker outside connected to the trailer. Perhaps a bit too much for the 30a trailer power. I decided to shut off the electric hot water and use gas. We don't use hot water that much. Then I went and checked all connections and screws; they were all tight and fine. I cleaned the cooling fan under the power; it was a bit dusty and probably wasn't function to max ability. Then I replaced the breaker. This Main blew several times before when I had electric heat going and some other stuff. Figured it may be weak from all the times it had been tripped. Problem is that the main was also part of the A/C breaker so I had to get a special 30/20 breaker. Not a Home Depot or electric supply breaker....as I found out the hard way. Quick trip through traffic to the RV supply and got the new breaker for $20 Installed and everything has been working for about 5 days now. I'm guessing that all the appliances kicked on at one time tripping the breaker which would possibly explain the time between trips. Thanks all for the help and suggestions!! Much appreciated!!!602Views0likes0CommentsRe: A/C tripping the breaker
Well, it sounds like I have a bit of work ahead of me. Thanks all for the suggestions. I'm going to start at the screw, breaker, power and then technician. Hoping something corrects the problem as it's never happened before. Perhaps with the additional A/C units going in the block, my power is dipping. Haven't heard of anyone else having the issue, though. Thanks again. Will report back...hopefully!226Views0likes0CommentsRe: A/C tripping the breaker
Golfcart wrote: If the breaker is hot when its tripping, Id climb back up top and give it a really thorough cleaning and try again. for some reason or another its drawing alot of unnecessary amps under its load. also, do you have a line filter on your power coming into the trailer? No line filter and I was wondering about that My neighbor went up and cleaned the HECK out of it. Said everything is spinning fine, fired it up and didn't hear any bearing issues and said it sounded fine. Yes, the breaker was hot to the touch (according to wife). I haven't been able to get down there to look myself but my neighbor is very tech savy and even he can't figure out what it is.177Views0likes0CommentsA/C tripping the breaker
Tough question here... Our 3 year old Coleman Mach air conditioner started tripping the breaker this week. It started Saturday. Breaker tripped. Reset, started and tripped again. This went on about 4 times. Shut it off, let everything "settle," cleaned the rooftop unit (some bugs and stuff in it, not overly bad) and reset. Ran for a day and a half. Wifey came back and breaker had again tripped. We are on a seasonal site, it's been in the upper 80's lately and everyone is running their A/C's. Mind you, it's not the first time it's been this hot. What could be tripping the breaker? Possible "spike" in the line doing this? Something I'm missing? No other breakers are being tripped, just the A/C. Anything I can try before calling in a technician? Thanks in advance! Bob4KViews0likes23CommentsWater Heater Intake Line dripping
Question... Noticed a slight "drip" coming from the intake line of my water heater, inside the RV. It's Pex tubing to a "screw type" fitting and then to the water heater. Tightened the fitting before winterizing and THOUGHT I took care of it; the leak seemed to stop. Just checked out the trailer from a long winters nap and found some antifreeze in a little cup I put under that fitting so apparently, my fix didn't work too well. Before I go draining the antifreeze and unscrewing the fitting, is there anything I need to know? Is there some sort of "gasket" under that fitting that may need to be replaced or do they use Teflon tape to seal it? I just don't want any major headaches since I've never taken one apart before. It's only dripping from the "in" line (cold) Thanks in advance!882Views0likes4Comments
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