possible electrical overload

[Retired1stTimer]

so today before we go on a short journey for the 1st time to the eat coast of florida, we wanted to make sure that everything that runs on electricity was going to operate the way it should. I had previously purchased 30amp adapter to plug into a wall socket to supply power to out TT. got the a/c going, had to make adjustment on the thermostat to help cool down the inside, which took about 20 minutes, also had the lights on and the furrion radio going. then pushed the button for the refrigerator to start working. it started to cool somewhat. after about 5 minutes with all that going, everything shut down, no power at all. checked the inside breaker panel, nothing it was tripped. then checked our homes breaker panel and 1 breaker was tripped to one of our bathrooms. also unplugged the power cord from the wall socket, and it was feeling rather warm. haven't replugged in the power cord to the wall socket yet hoping I can get some insight from you guys to help us out. any thoughts would be very much appreciated. thanks.

[Flybob]

Most home electric circuits are either 15A or 20A and protected by the appropriate breaker. You most likely draw more current than the breaker was designed for, With AC, Fridge and some draw by the converter, you were overloading the circuit. The warm/hot plug was an indication that you were drawing more current than the outlet and /extension was designed for. If you wish to run several things from Home, I suggest you contact an electrician and have a 30A RV circuit added to your service. There is a detailed connection diagram in the library section of the forum

[valleyduo]

Assuming you're plugged into a 15 or 20 amp plug at the house and that's why you're using an adapter. The AC and fridge would be a heavy load for that. Plus your converter and anything else drawing power. Best bet would be to test things one at a time unless you can get a higher amp power source.

[Bluepill]

Bob's got it.

If you have the propane option on the fridge, using that and running only the air conditioning should be fine with your present connection.

[Vansteenburg]

Sounds like you had too much going. Your ac pulls 10 to 14 amps by itself. Refrigerator on ac pulls quite a bit of amps also to cool.

If you plug into a standard wall socket, you need to watch what's running. Most home circuits are 15amp, which means keep your load to 12 or less.

The hot cord means you had a lot of amps running. From what you described, it was in the 20 amp range. I would necessarily worry about a bad cord yet, keep an eye on it.

Force your fridge to run on gas, that'll help minimize its impact.

[cavie]

You can't plug your trailer into a GFI circuit in your home. You have one in your rig. 2 GFI's don't play nice. Also, lighten your electric load. Use propane on everything you can. Your bathroom at home is on a 15 or 20 amp circuit. Both are used depending on where you live and how good the building department is. You can do the math. 15 kw AC draws 12.5 amps. Startup is higher.


Sorry you're having to endure the east coast.

















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