SoCal_Camper
11-14-2019, 07:39 PM
Hello all
This is my first post on these forums. From what I can tell so far everybody seems to be very helpful here.
Here's the problem....
We took our brand new travel trailer on it's maiden voyage last weekend. We were dry camping for 3 days. We ran our generator for 3-4 hours everyday. Everything worked perfectly. On the drive home I noticed a clicking sound when I was filling up with gas after about 5 hours of driving. I wasn't sure what it was. When I got home a few hours later I found out that the trailer had no power. After a little research and trouble shooting I found out that the clicking was the 50amp auto reset circuit breaker that is mounted near the battery. Apparently it started tripping during the drive home. I'm guessing it was tripping constantly for a certain amount of time and eventually fried. It was fried out by the time we got home. I was hoping that it was a defective circuit breaker so I ordered a new one and installed it. The new breaker instantly trips when I connect the battery so it doesn't look to be a defective breaker. Apparently I have a short somewhere that developed while I was driving home. My question is... does anybody have an idea where a short might develop while driving, or has anybody experienced this before? Any suggestions as to where I should start looking for the short? Also, any idea what would cause the auto reset circuit breaker to trip? I believe most shorts throughout the trailer would cause the individual fuses on the panel to trip, not the main circuit breaker that connects to the battery.
Sorry that this was a little long winded. In summary, the main question is....
What would cause the auto reset circuit breaker to start tripping while the rv is on the road?
This is my first post on these forums. From what I can tell so far everybody seems to be very helpful here.
Here's the problem....
We took our brand new travel trailer on it's maiden voyage last weekend. We were dry camping for 3 days. We ran our generator for 3-4 hours everyday. Everything worked perfectly. On the drive home I noticed a clicking sound when I was filling up with gas after about 5 hours of driving. I wasn't sure what it was. When I got home a few hours later I found out that the trailer had no power. After a little research and trouble shooting I found out that the clicking was the 50amp auto reset circuit breaker that is mounted near the battery. Apparently it started tripping during the drive home. I'm guessing it was tripping constantly for a certain amount of time and eventually fried. It was fried out by the time we got home. I was hoping that it was a defective circuit breaker so I ordered a new one and installed it. The new breaker instantly trips when I connect the battery so it doesn't look to be a defective breaker. Apparently I have a short somewhere that developed while I was driving home. My question is... does anybody have an idea where a short might develop while driving, or has anybody experienced this before? Any suggestions as to where I should start looking for the short? Also, any idea what would cause the auto reset circuit breaker to trip? I believe most shorts throughout the trailer would cause the individual fuses on the panel to trip, not the main circuit breaker that connects to the battery.
Sorry that this was a little long winded. In summary, the main question is....
What would cause the auto reset circuit breaker to start tripping while the rv is on the road?