Double Pole Circuit Breaker Not working

Posted by mark6147 on April 13, 2009, 7:11 pm

I am not an electrician, but I thought I could figure this one out for
myself, obviously not. I have a 35' fifth wheel travel trailer.

It has a 20amp double pole circuit breaker. This breaker appears to
control the AC and some other outlets. For example, the microwave works,
but the outlet under it doesn't. Neither does the outlet where the TV
works. But strange enough the Air Conditioner works on that breaker. I
exchanged the sides for which each wire goes in. But I can still not get
the outlets to work. When I change it, the AC stops, could 1/2 of the
breaker not be working? Why does my AC work and not the few extra outlets.
Everything else seems OK as the other breakers go.

Thanks,

Mark
In The Mountains
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Posted by Bill on April 13, 2009, 9:36 pm

My trailer has a ground fault outlet that runs several other as well.
Check for a tripped outlet somewhere.

>I am not an electrician, but I thought I could figure this one out for
> myself, obviously not. I have a 35' fifth wheel travel trailer.
> It has a 20amp double pole circuit breaker. This breaker appears to
> control the AC and some other outlets. For example, the microwave works,
> but the outlet under it doesn't. Neither does the outlet where the TV
> works. But strange enough the Air Conditioner works on that breaker. I
> exchanged the sides for which each wire goes in. But I can still not get
> the outlets to work. When I change it, the AC stops, could 1/2 of the
> breaker not be working? Why does my AC work and not the few extra outlets.
> Everything else seems OK as the other breakers go.
> Thanks,
> Mark
> In The Mountains
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Posted by John Grabowski on April 14, 2009, 7:03 am

*It is possible that one half of the circuit breaker is not working.
Another possibility is that one phase of your circuit breaker panel is dead.
This could be due to a bad main breaker or a faulty connection somewhere
between your main breaker and the power company transformer. You could try
calling the power company and tell them that one phase is dead and hopefully
they will provide free service to check it out and repair if necessary.
Your other choice is to call an electrician, but if it is a power company
problem there may not be much that he can do about it.

Posted by Steve Barker on April 15, 2009, 5:59 pm

mark6147 wrote:

> I am not an electrician, but I thought I could figure this one out for
> myself, obviously not. I have a 35' fifth wheel travel trailer.
>
> It has a 20amp double pole circuit breaker. This breaker appears to
> control the AC and some other outlets. For example, the microwave works,
> but the outlet under it doesn't. Neither does the outlet where the TV
> works. But strange enough the Air Conditioner works on that breaker. I
> exchanged the sides for which each wire goes in. But I can still not get
> the outlets to work. When I change it, the AC stops, could 1/2 of the
> breaker not be working? Why does my AC work and not the few extra outlets.
> Everything else seems OK as the other breakers go.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Mark
> In The Mountains
> -------------------------------------
>
>
>
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don'tknow about yours, but on mine, the gfci by the bathroom sink kills
all the other outlets. Check it to see if it's popped.

s

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