Park breaker keeps tripping

[Jim]

I've been at this park now for about 2.5 weeks and haven't had any problems with the power. But last night abut 5:30pm, the generator suddenly came on. It's set to exercise at 1:00 on Monday's, so I knew that wasn't what it was doing. At first, I thought I had a real problem, but I noticed the Silverleaf was showing -0- AC coming into the coach and I realized the autogen had started to run the air and keep the temp at the set temps.

Checked the breaker at the pedestal and sure enough, it had tripped. I reset it but it tripped again a bit later. I went to the main office but no help until the next morning. They changed the 50amp breaker to a 60amp breaker, and that seemed to fix the issue. But a little while ago it happened again.

I don't know if the park has an issue or if my coach is an energy hog. All 3 of the air conditioners were running, the Oasis is heating water with the elements, and Trish had the dryer running. Am I the problem here? I've turned off 1 of the air conditioners and nixed the dryer until tomorrow morning when it's cool outside. Haven't had a problem since that.

Autoformer reports all green lights, so I'm thinking my coach may be a bit of an energy glutton?

 

[Neal]

Yes, you can pull too much and cause the breaker to trip typically from overheating. I did it before and I only have 2 AC's. If you want to reduce your electrical demand I suggest turning OFF your OASIS electric elements and use burner only. That will free up 22 amps.

 

[Jim]

Yes, you can pull too much and cause the breaker to trip typically from overheating. I did it before and I only have 2 AC's. If you want to reduce your electrical demand I suggest turning OFF your OASIS electric elements and use burner only. That will free up 22 amps.

Yep, did that as well. But to be honest, I had no idea they pulled 22 amps! Wow, no wonder! That must be the total if both elements are on?

 

[Joe Hogan]

Geez in the 70s the panel in my home was only 25 amps… granted no a/c

 

[purring along]

Jim we had the same problem at the campground after we left you in September. I told Martha she had to live with wet hair.