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Old 08-08-2019, 06:19 AM   #19
Capt_Bill_USMC
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Originally Posted by Restorium View Post
When you plugged the coach in to shore power it shouldn't have been drawing more than 15 amps unless you had some major things running like the AC, microwave, or electric heater.
So that brings us to the question of why the breaker blew and smoked.
Two things I can think of are;
1.Somehow your plug wiring doesn't match the output of your home wiring.
Maybe you have it set up different than the previous owner? Wires crossed? Bad plug? Bad cord?
2. Something went bad between the time the previous owner had it connected to shore power and when you plugged it in.
Most things have breakers that would blow to protect you against fire.
So now we are back to the cord on the shore power or some other wiring.
I'm betting on the cord now. It's the usual suspect. And if that cord is shorting then everything is going haywire.
Ok, thanks! So, when I plugged it in back in April, the 3 A/Cs were running as was the fridge.

If the cord is bad, it literally went bad in 24 hrs. Because I drove the coach home, and 24 hrs later tried to plug it in. Only to blow the GFCI, trip the breaker and smoke.
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