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Pocketlake1 · 01-25-2015, 07:22 PM

Sorry about that, we still have a lot to learn about a lot of things. The AC units are Dometic. The living rm unit is 15K BTU and the bedrm unit is 13.5k BTU. What happens is when we turn on a unit, we can see that it the generator jumps to over 30amps and in most cases then trips the breaker and everything shuts down. If we turn on the fan only, wait a bit then turn on the compressor, sometimes the generator will spike to only 15 amps and still continue to work. Everything else must be turned off. However that is random, and no guarantee. What we do not understand is why at times the AC will spike the generator to over 30 amps and trip the breaker in the generator. We did not expect the AC to require that amount of amps.

01-25-2015, 07:22 PM	#5
Pocketlake1 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Orlando fl Posts: 12	Sorry about that, we still have a lot to learn about a lot of things. The AC units are Dometic. The living rm unit is 15K BTU and the bedrm unit is 13.5k BTU. What happens is when we turn on a unit, we can see that it the generator jumps to over 30amps and in most cases then trips the breaker and everything shuts down. If we turn on the fan only, wait a bit then turn on the compressor, sometimes the generator will spike to only 15 amps and still continue to work. Everything else must be turned off. However that is random, and no guarantee. What we do not understand is why at times the AC will spike the generator to over 30 amps and trip the breaker in the generator. We did not expect the AC to require that amount of amps.