jonaz
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I have a 2021 Coachman Catalina.
I bought Ryobi 2300 Inverter generator. My intent is to run small stuff, like the LCD TV, lights and my work laptops.
When I plugged the generator into my 30amp trailer connection, it overloaded the generator. The AC was not on.
Why is my trailer drawing so much load? I had to turn off the GFI in the breaker panel box because it was causing an overload.
I can get the fireplace heater to run but not the TV.
Any suggestions?
Thank you in advance!
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Flute Man
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Your converter will draw a lot at the beginning because it’s trying to charge your batteries. The TV may be on an inverter circuit that you have shut off.
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jonaz
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Yes, I think you are right. Any suggestions? Again, all I want to do is run the lights, TV and maybe the fireplace.
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jodeb720
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start by flipping the breakers in the box -
Make sure your Fridge is running on gas not Auto (that's pulls a few amps)
Make sure your water heater is running on Gas - not electric.
One at a time, flip your breakers on and see if that resolves your issue.
Eventually you'll find the circuit that's utilizing all your amps and you'll be able to charge your batteries as well as run your tv, etc.
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Grit dog
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But it doesn’t blow a breaker on a different genny or shore power?
If it does then it’s a live short in the camper.
If it doesn’t, it’s the generator.
Does the genny overload with a different load than the camper? Presumably not.
Not sure what you mean turn offf the gfi in the panel.
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2oldman
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That's a pretty big generator to run such small stuff.
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CA Traveler
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Instead of guessing buy a Kill A Watt and measue your loads in amps or watts which will allow you to isolate the problem to your RV loads or the gen.
First and foremost this is a 1800W or 15A gen. Ignore the 2300W as that is starting amps. Do not expect to run the AC and or the fireplace with other loads as neither of these is a light load.
Also it's a MSW gen and not a PSW gen with is likely causing the TV and perhaps other equipment failures. You probably bought the wrong gen for your application.
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BTW Do not expect the Kill A Watt to function correctly with a MSW gen but it's a great tool. At least you can measure the loads on utility power.
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bgum
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How many watts does that fireplace draw? It may be drawing all you have available.
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2oldman
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CA Traveler wrote:BTW Do not expect the Kill A Watt to function correctly with a MSW gen Never heard of an MSW gen.
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