Today I went over and plugged in a couple of electric heaters for the expected cold weather. Power went off as I must have overloaded the circuit. Went to ck the GFI on the plug in the bathroom and it was not blown. Looked under the bed and no circuits blown. Where would the circuit breaker for the wall plugs be located????? DAN
could it be that the power coming in was the weak link and that one is tripped? If you had 30 or more amps as feed then that would not be it.
John H
John: Tks for the reply // power coming in is 123 on both legs at 30amps. Think the power coming in is fine. DAN
Just thought you may be running power on cheapo extn 16g with 115 v, as some do in campgrounds I have seen.
Did you flip the breakers off and on again to check one is not actually on??
John
Dan,
On ours, in the main (door covered) breaker panel, #3 is for storage compartment duplex. We also know we have at least one inverted duplex outlet down there, so check the breakers on the open breaker panel there on the foot of the bed, too.
If all are on a single breaker, you might just have 15 or 20 amps available and more than one electric heater could cause the trip.
Two heaters at once probably did trip a breaker with only 30 A coming in. I have two 120v panels at the foot of the bed, do you?
Michelle: went back and read previous post on the GFI. It could be bad but neither button moves.
Still unsure if a reg household GFI will work or do I need to get one that works with an inverter. DAN
Horace: I saw only one breaker box but I will go back and look for a second one Tks DAN
Dan,
I had a very similar experience while running two space heaters. Turned out the black wire feeding the GFI outlet became hot (thermally) and created an open. I replaced it with a new household GFI. Later I added an outlet for a space heater that is tapped off the roof AC power circuit. I figure I'll never need both the AC and a space heater at the same time but I also don't have heater strips in my AC units.
John I am going to turn on the heat strips in the ac for tonight and tomorrow. I will run an extension cord for a light bulb in the hot water heater bay and one in the utility bay and all should be fine. It is stored inside of a warehouse so should be snug. DAN
Horace: Your are correct and tks for the info. Found the other breaker box (no cover) bottom breaker flipped. Flipped back on and all is back to normal. Great info. DAN
Yup - that second (no cover) breaker panel is for the circuits powered off the inverter.
Michelle: Good to know where the breakers are for the inverter provided power. I never looked for these before even found the electric switch for the hot water heater and the block heater. Two other fuse boxes for 24 volt system. Tks Guys. DAN