So when docked at the marina and connected to shore power, about twice a week the AC's will trip out.
Other than some sort of power surge, any idea what would cause this?
and clean out the pet hair and grunge from the heat exchanger, we use a toothbrush.
the AC's run fine when on the generator.
They weren't before when the generator wasn't running properly but since having the carburetor rebuilt on the generator we'be not had any issues. We spent the night out on anchor this past weekend which was the first extended test since having the generator fixed. No issues at all...everything ran great.
I don't know if this is a coincidence or not...but we moved to a different slip a few down from where we were. We didn't have this issue in the other slip.
Could it possibly be something with the meter or something?
Water flow is fine...no change there. Sea strainer is clean...we routinely clean it once every week or two.
We have two AC's..I believe they share one water pump...which is brand new.
We leave the AC's running all the time. I went there today and they were tripped again.
Hubby has been traveling a lot for work lately so hasn't been home much at all to look into this.
He was home this weekend but we wanted to go out and use the boat so that didn't get addressed.
Thanks everybody for the suggestions...I'm going to send him the link to this thread.
What is tripping? Circuit breaker on dock? On board? Is the ac not running but still has power to the controls? What exactly do you reset to get it going again?
With a proper filter that shouldn't be necessary.
But one of these comes in handy from time to time.
T100 - DiversiTech T100 - T-100 Fin-Tool Nylon Kit with 6 Heads
And this stuff does a great job of deep cleaning your coils. It leaves the air smelling great as well. Plus the lid doubles as a fin cleaner and straightener.
AC-Safe Air Conditioner Coil Foaming Cleaner AC-920 at The Home Depot - Mobile
Cleaning the coils is probably something we should do.
Thanks for the links.
...........................but we moved to a different slip a few down from where we were. We didn't have this issue in the other slip..
First check the voltage. Many Marinas dont provide 120/240 but something lower especially at the end of a long dock.
Low voltage causes higher current draw on motors triping breakers if it gets high enough.
The breakers on board. I have to flip both of them back on to get them going again.
Nothing else trips but the two AC's.