30 Amp Main Breaker and Car Inspection

I think I have a perfectly good explanation why I was blowing those main breakers.  This motorhome is powered by 220 volts @ 30 amps from the outside post.  I went over to the converter box just to make sure and I was running a 20 amp main when it should have been a 30.  How I got along using the 20 all this time, you got me?

I forgot to turn the roof heater off when I left a few days ago.  When I put the new 30 amp breaker on and flicked the switch, the roof heater came on.  Lucky me, that would have blown new breakers before?  So, it might be the right amperage?  A sticker from the original owner read that it should be a 30. 

Before my presentation in at Local Roots in Caldwell, I stopped by Stoney's RV and picked up a tandem 20amp + 15 amp breaker.  At Local Roots, I opened up my motorhome notes and found the main to be a 30.  I was a computer repair specialist with my own business and while I was in college, I was required to take a basic electricity class. 

Where I'm fuzzy now, I was then wondering if the main has to be the same amperage as the motorhome's input?  Is it really that simple?  Well, I've got the 30/15 in now and my roof heat pump powered on really healthy.  And the converter is running silent for the first time in 9 months.

This week is going to warm up.  And it's going to be dedicated to my car.  I don't want to speculate on what's going wrong.  But I do know that the first thing that I have to do is lift it and have an inspection of the underside.  I'm pretty sure that I have to do a visual inspection of the exhaust system and feel if there's anything going on with the vacuum tubes.  Apparently, there's more of them that I previously thought.

Resting, Converter and Wolf Run State Park

I'm resting today. But there's been problems with the AC to DC converter in the motorhome. It's putting off excessive noise. But this is the first time in 2 years that I've plugged the shore cable into a 220V outlet. Home Port didn't have one, so it was converted to 110V when it was there. But I flicked the breaker switch a couple times and it's normal now. The laptop and smartphone is charging off the motorhome's 110V power and im starting to charge my extra smartphone batteries with an external charger that I have on board.  If the converter becomes a bigger problem, I have an extension cord that I can run into the chassis from the outside.

Currently, I'm near the north side of The Wilderness Loop - Buckeye Trail/ North Country Temporary Connector. My location is in the campground at Wolf Run State Park. Blogger can't lock on to it.

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Onn model: ONA12WI070 that is a 100 - 240V, 0.3A converter to a automotive 12V  lighter socket will not handle the load of a automotive Craftsman Mini Air Compressor. The Onn will work with my car lighter's aftermarket 3 way splitter, but the units blue led light shuts off if I try to use the mini air compressor. Looks like I'm going to have to go with something better.