On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:22:33 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"John H." wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:37:56 -0400, DK wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:13:48 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Sep 15, 5:47 pm, John H. wrote:
Gone four days and back to 853 messages. Over 300 from one individual.

Had a great time at Virginia Beach. Saw lots of boats. Will post
pictures
of some when I get the chance.

Air conditioner kept popping the circuit breaker when the temp was
hovering
around 95 yesterday.

Anyone know anything about air conditioners?
--
John H.
John, I take it you're talking about your auto air conditioner?

What make and model?

No, Tim, it's one of these buggers: http://tinyurl.com/69jflb

The one on the trailer. Once the outside temp cooled down, in the
evening,
the AC ran fine. But during the hottest part of the day, the thing would
trip the circuit breaker no matter how we adjusted the settings. I found
a
web site, so I'll do a little research.

Call the dealer. It's got to be still covered under a warantee.

I did. In fact, I stopped by the dealer on the way back. He said if the
system showed no problems when they ran it, and the outflow was twenty
degrees cooler than the inflow, then they'd do nothing more. Needless to
say, I got a little hot.


--
John H.

John,

Here's what little I know about air conditioners in RV's and TT's.

On hot days, the head pressure will be highest in the compressor. If it
cycles off, then tries to start again before the head pressure bleeds off,
it can trip the breaker due to excess current draw. This is why many air
conditioners have a label indicating that you should wait 3 min. or so
before trying to restart. Some AC units, particularly central air systems
have a time delay built in to prevent the compressor from trying to restart
too soon.

If it was as hot as you indicated, the lack of insulation in your TT could
lead to the AC unit trying to restart too soon.

If the problem is due to a general voltage droop in the RV park you are in,
you can solve that with one of these:
http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/parts/r...autoformer.htm

Eisboch



Thanks for the info.

I guess I need to carry the multimeter in the trailer when I go out.
Didn't have it this last time, but I'll have it from now on.

My first stop will be to get a new circuit breaker.