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Old 06-12-2016, 10:14 AM   #1
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50 amp service limits??

Yesterday was a warm one..93 out. Since adding another vent in the main living area and switching all the vents to louvre red vents, the unit stays pretty darn cool.

While cooking dinner during the late afternoon, I turned the microwave on without thinking much about power, about two minutes into the cook, power went off. Checked breakers and sure enough, they were tripped. I have never even thought one could draw so much power that would cause a 50 amp pedestal to trip.

I believe what happened, the garage AC cycled on, thus causing an overage on one of the legs...at that point we had three AC units, microwave, fridge on electric, and TV going...

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Old 06-12-2016, 10:49 AM   #2
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Sounds about right. I have popped many a 30 amp when running A/C or the heat pump then starting up the microwave. With my converter, fridge and A/C running full tilt I can draw 22 amps, turn the microwave on and off goes the power.

The A/C units pull 15-16 amps when running, microwave 12-15amps depending on the model. It sneaks up on you. My electric element in the water heater is the one that gets me every time.

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I always wondered why the load center doesn't monitor the load for shore power too.
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Sounds about right. I have popped many a 30 amp when running A/C or the heat pump then starting up the microwave. With my converter, fridge and A/C running full tilt I can draw 22 amps, turn the microwave on and off goes the power.

The A/C units pull 15-16 amps when running, microwave 12-15amps depending on the model. It sneaks up on you. My electric element in the water heater is the one that gets me every time.

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I honestly would have never thought that on 50 amp service we would have ever come close to maxing out the pedestal, even with all three AC units running. A 50 amp pedestal should provide 100 amps of service, 50 on each hot leg... Funny with my Voltage, we have never tripped a 30 amp pedestal because of the Load Management System...it has always been Johnny On The Spot and shed loads as needed, though it has been a little slow to respond with genset use, as I have tripped one leg before.

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I wonder if one leg of the breaker on the pedestal is weak? Thom, I was wondering about that too. But if he had a weak leg on the pedestal it would probably take the breaker before it would shed a load. Without actually seeing the setup and the wiring diagram I am kind of shooting in the dark.

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I talked to the park and apparently they have been having power problems. Power was out for about an hour yesterday, which the power company was here pretty quick. They are going to pull the breaker this week and take a look...glad I have a Ptogressive Industries unit in play here.

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I always wondered why the load center doesn't monitor the load for shore power too.
Same here - the Precision Circuits rep (manufacturer of our Load Management System), provided a schematic that says on 50A Service it goes into sleep mode.
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