So yesterday I was running my AC & electric hot water heater at the same time getting ready to take a shower. When the breaker tripped I just flipped them back on. This is common since my trailer is a 30amp & when I have the ac & microwave on it trips.
I flipped the breakers back & then a few minutes later they tripped again. This time i noticed smoke coming from behind the panel. I immediately unplugged the rv from the hookup & then unscrewed the panel & found the wires melted.
How screwed am I? Are my breakers bad? Did i blow a fuse? Should i replace the wires? Calling a mobile repair guy tomorrow but any advice is appreciated.
I had a similar issue I posted about it and it was caused by running the ac the microwave and a portable dryer for a long time. The breaker did trip but I didn’t know. Thankfully I caught it before it became something worse. I replaced some wires and for me everything works great! Hope it’s nothing major and an easy fix for you
Greetings.. those look like the white or neutral wires that are roasted… I’m no electrician nor do I claim to be.. 9 out of 10 times when I see this in the park… Go pull your plug and check your plug and receptacle at the box….. You probably have a bad connection on the neutral at plug / receptacle at the pedestal..
Looks like there might be enough wire there to do some repairs.. if nobody’s looking maybe some heat shrink…
not common for a breaker to trip and.you just flip it back on again..and again. You’re actually pretty lucky..
Trace back and look for signs of anything arcing. Take the wires out of the breakers and shine them up, you can put a re layers of heat shrink over the part that looks crispy. Clean everything up well and look up the breaker to see if it has a preferred torque, if it does, tighten to that, otherwise tight but not to the point of breaking things. Do not run all that big stuff at the same time again, and in a week or two, recheck the wires are tight. Might be a good annual thing to look at. BTW, that looks like aluminum wire, if it is make sure the breaker and anything that connects to the wire is rated for it. It is bad enough in trailers that are lives in full time, that are usually always at a livable temp and not trucked down the road all the time. In MH’s it really sucks, it has temp extremes and gets vibrated. I think it got loose and arced and that is what you have there. You can clean that up easy.
You probably should trace back as much of the wiring harness as possible to look for melted insulation or signs of arcing.
Source: Electrical Issue in my RV
