Hi, I'm technically even less than a newbie since this is a temporary situation and it's not my RV. I'm staying with my mum for a month and the house is full so I'm staying in my late father in law's RV in the yard. She doesn't know how to use it and neither do I! I'm unfortunately not very savvy when it comes to electrical stuff either I'm afraid.
The RV is plugged into a regular Canadian wall socket outside the house, which I assume is 15 or 20 amps. I used one of those adapters to connect, I think you call it a dog-bone.
I don't use the fridge, oven or microwave or any of that stuff so they remain switched off but they do work. The fans and lights also work.
The only thing I need is the AC, because it's very hot at the moment and the fans just circulate hot air..
Here's a picture of the panel which controls the fans and AC: http://imgur.com/a/EH4Fp
If I switch it to 'low-cool', the AC will turn on with the light often switching from "ON" to "SHED" and then eventually, within a minute or two, trip the breaker inside the house.
There's a panel in the RV which lights up when it's plugged in to the house socket. Here's a picture: http://imgur.com/a/C7xp6
The DC volts is currently staying at 13.0 and the DC amps fluctuates but has been at <10 for a long time, but sometimes goes up as seen in the picture.
I tried adjusting the 'incoming AC breaker amps' down to 15 and the fans seem to run fine but eventually this panel shows the 'fault' light with an orange light next to 15.5 volts for some reason, so I've kept it at 20 incoming amps.
Does anyone know how I could possibly get the AC working without tripping the house breaker?
Thanks
Flod
The RV is plugged into a regular Canadian wall socket outside the house, which I assume is 15 or 20 amps. I used one of those adapters to connect, I think you call it a dog-bone.
I don't use the fridge, oven or microwave or any of that stuff so they remain switched off but they do work. The fans and lights also work.
The only thing I need is the AC, because it's very hot at the moment and the fans just circulate hot air..
Here's a picture of the panel which controls the fans and AC: http://imgur.com/a/EH4Fp
If I switch it to 'low-cool', the AC will turn on with the light often switching from "ON" to "SHED" and then eventually, within a minute or two, trip the breaker inside the house.
There's a panel in the RV which lights up when it's plugged in to the house socket. Here's a picture: http://imgur.com/a/C7xp6
The DC volts is currently staying at 13.0 and the DC amps fluctuates but has been at <10 for a long time, but sometimes goes up as seen in the picture.
I tried adjusting the 'incoming AC breaker amps' down to 15 and the fans seem to run fine but eventually this panel shows the 'fault' light with an orange light next to 15.5 volts for some reason, so I've kept it at 20 incoming amps.
Does anyone know how I could possibly get the AC working without tripping the house breaker?
Thanks
Flod