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Originally Posted by LisaKarre
We are new Travel Trailer owners and are testing out the AC. The Trailer is plugged into an outside outlet at our home. We turned on the AC and it ran a few minutes and then tripped the breaker in the house. What should we be looking for?
thanks in advance!
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We had the same problem. Plugged into a 20amp breaker, and it would blow in about 5 -10 minutes. I added a new 30 amp circuit, and now no issues. But, I wanted to try to figure this out, so did some current testing. Found that the AC on startup was 17.23 amps. So that should have been ok. I thought about it, and found out that the electric side of the water heater was also on. That put my current at 25.6amps. So, if I wanted to run just the AC, I can do that on 20amps, but, with anything else, I need at least 30amps. My coach is actually a 50 amp coach. So, still cannot run both AC's, but, at least I can run them one at a time. I think if you add a 30 amp circuit, you will be fine.