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sreigle · 09-20-2005, 07:15 AM

We don't have the autoformer, yet, but I plan to get one. We normally connect to 30 amp but during the winter months in cold country I prefer to connect to 50 amp. Our Montana has the older 50-amp service that's really 20 amps for the second AC prep (we don't have the second ac) and 30 amps for the rest of the coach. If we're in a park with a weaker 30-amp breaker then that breaker will pop before our breaker inside the coach. That means I'd have to go outside in the cold (and possibly ice or snow) to reset the breaker. By connecting to 50 amp it's far more likely we'll pop the inside breaker first. Just something I figured out after it hit me over the head a few times. In snowy weather with temps in the teens.

09-20-2005, 07:15 AM	#11
sreigle Montana Master Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Oceanside Posts: 20,028 M.O.C. #20	We don't have the autoformer, yet, but I plan to get one. We normally connect to 30 amp but during the winter months in cold country I prefer to connect to 50 amp. Our Montana has the older 50-amp service that's really 20 amps for the second AC prep (we don't have the second ac) and 30 amps for the rest of the coach. If we're in a park with a weaker 30-amp breaker then that breaker will pop before our breaker inside the coach. That means I'd have to go outside in the cold (and possibly ice or snow) to reset the breaker. By connecting to 50 amp it's far more likely we'll pop the inside breaker first. Just something I figured out after it hit me over the head a few times. In snowy weather with temps in the teens.