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Old 11-08-2018, 12:10 AM   #4
TurnerFam
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
State: Georgia
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THOR #4735
you must have a 30amp coach, so the air conditioner, and then the microwave, as well as the other items you had running on 120v at the same time, took the outside power's breaker over the limit. Pretty standard, and that's what it's there for... but,

there's another side to that story, possibly...

some older campgrounds or rv parks have power pedestals with breakers that have been used over and over and over again, with shore cord plugs pushed in and pulled out over and over again, and folks flipping the breaker over and over and over again. When it's all said and done, over time, the breaker actually becomes 'tired' and can actually start TRIPPING well before it actually meets it's 30amp limit, which has happened to us many times.
The solution? Have the park change out the breaker, even if they think it is not the problem...it usually is.
You may find that then using those same appliances and devices can run just fine.... finally!

So, sometimes it may not be US using too much, but the park's own power pole is not allowing us enough : )
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