electrical issues

[SueMar]

Has anyone stayed at a campground (or anywhere else) where you've had only 30 amp electric service? What were you able/unable to run?

[sinder]

30 amp has run everything in my unit except the air conditioners.

[Beechguyjim]

You should be able to run one AC unit but would have to turn it off to use micro, most 30 Amp boxes also have a 20 Amp plug so I split my 2nd AC out with a transfer switch and plug it into the 20 Amp plug then run both if a box has a 30 and 20 amp breaker in it the wire back to the main service has to be able to carry 50 Amps it's the code.
Also I made up a cord with two 30 Amp plugs into one 50 Amp socket if there's two 30 Amp plug ins withe a breaker on each I use it to get two separate circuits for my big cord but again you have to turn off the main AC to use the micro

[Tall-Pines]

At the Redwood Rally, we only had 30 amp service (some of us had 30 some had 50).
We popped the campsite breaker when running the AC and the microwave (water heater and fridge and lights etc were turned on but not sure what was drawing power at the time).
We simply fired up the generator and finished breakfast with the AC running!

[timmytfl]

We have 30 amp service at the campground where we keep ours. When we run one A/C we can't run the microwave or a hair dryer at the same time. When the outside temps were very warm this summer, we switched hot water heater to propane & could run both A/Cs. It's just sort of a trial/error thing & we get along very well with 30 amp service. It's all worth it to have our seasonal lot on the Muskegon River! www.campandcanoe.com

[mhs4771]

Agree on trial and error. Seems not all 30 amp breakers are created equal (some have been abused more than others). We've been hitting a bunch of Samborees and if you're lucky you get 30 amp, so it's keep the water heater on propane and watch the AC/Microwave use. We've converted all lighting over to LEDs so that's one less rather big power draw from the converter. It can get warm while only running one AC, but we get by.

[TravelinAnderson]

We usually do ok with 30amp service but last week in Mississippi we had temperatures in the mid 90s and humidity to match... the "humiture" was in the low 100s. The campground we stayed in had no trees so by day's end the trailer would be in the mid 80s with one a/c running. I'd fire up the genny and run both airs and whatever else we needed until the the sun went down. Except for the one day that the 20amp breaker on the genny tripped but that was another post..

[Tobys Home]

We just started using our ceiling fan in conjunction with the fireplace to get the chill off. My question is why do we have two pull chains. One is a four position on/off/three speed and the other does nothing. The switch on the side controls the forward or reverse rotation. We have no documentation and would love to know. THANKS

[Campers]

The second chain is for the light fixture that you can insall, these are available at Lowes or Home Depot. You can put one on with very low watt bulbs and have a nice soft light in the room.

[Tobys Home]

Thanks Bud and Lois. I thought that could be a possibility.

[TravelinAnderson]

I bought a light kit from Home Depot for our ceiling fan and it plugged right into the receptacle in the fan housing. I used florescent bulbs because they don't generate the heat incandescent bulbs do.
I also put rubber bands around the base of the globes to help keep the screws from loosening when we move from place to place.