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    Posted: 21 Sep 2019 at 5:55am
Originally posted by podwerkz

It seems to me that if the jolts are violent enough to 'trip' the breakers, there must be something like defective breakers or a loose converter panel....or it could be something like an unbalanced wheel causing a bad vibration or...your suspension is passing along violent road shocks and will end up tearing something up in the trailer. 

This is weird.



+1. My panel is right behind the right wheel also and I've never had a breaker trip like that, in this or any other RV I've owned. Check to see that the panel cover plate surrounding the breakers isn't misaligned and pressing on them incorrectly. Ditto for the access door. Make sure the breakers are seated in the panel properly. Also, take a look at your axle on the right side and be sure you aren't bottoming out the torsion arm travel. There have been quite a few axle failures in the heavier rPods. 
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It seems to me that if the jolts are violent enough to 'trip' the breakers, there must be something like defective breakers or a loose converter panel....or it could be something like an unbalanced wheel causing a bad vibration or...your suspension is passing along violent road shocks and will end up tearing something up in the trailer. 

This is weird.
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Originally posted by tony rpod 180

  The roads on the way to New York were much much worse, I believe the worst part was in Indiana.
Perhaps you have not experienced the roads in Illinois.   Shocked
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Just got back from a quick camp trip.  Checked breakers before and after arriving camp, and all good.  On day of departure I unhooked from pedestal and all were good.  After a 60 minute drive home and about 4 miles of kinda rough road I checked and only ONE 15 amp breaker was tripped this time. This pretty much solidifies for me it is the rough roads, and I don't drive fast either. The roads on the way to New York were much much worse, I believe the worst part was in Indiana.
I may at some point replace all breakers.
Also I might add the breakers are located slightly aft of the right wheel, it seems to me they are getting a straight jolt from bumps in road.
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If normal road vibration is causing the breakers to trip, they are DEFECTIVE.

They would have to be so loose that they are broken or worn out...its just not possible to be that loose and still operate correctly.
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Seems unlikely that road vibration would trip your breakers, I've never seen anything like that. But maybe you're running down some really bad roads. If so then I suggest slowing down, you could wind up with worse problems than tripped cb's. Tongue Keep us posted on what you find...
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Thanks everybody, sorry to make ya’ll scratch ur heads, but I’m pretty sure that’s the reason. I am watching it very closely now and checking for popped breakers after towing BEFORE I plug in now.
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It's plausible. They are spring loaded.
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I think I may have figured it out,
We got to camp today and I plugged in and nothing happened this time. Also before we left the house I tried un plugging and plugging it back in and nothing happened again.
Could it be my imagination or could towing trailer over rough highways cause them to spring open?
When I started noticing it was on a long trip to New York and the roads were terrible there and back, also we stopped several times in between and that’s when I started seeing breakers popped, I was assuming they popped when I plugged in.
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Thanks! I will do that. Appreciate everybody’s input humorous and otherwise.
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