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Circuit breaker trips when turning unit on. only unit on circuit has triped on several circuits can find no shorts on wiring.

Dometic 3 way Freg Moder 2350 in R.v. causes circuit breaker to trip when turned on. also trips breaker when put on directly to house outlet. Problem is not in R.v. I see no wires shorted out. Unit also does not start on propaine due to no electicial spark. Unit worked fine but was out of use for several weeks. on starting up problem occured

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DOES IT BLOW THE BRAKER AS SOON AS IT TURNS ON OR DOES IT TAKE A FEW SECONDS. INSTANTLY WOULD MORE LIKELY BE A SHORT IF FEW SECONDS THE COMPRESSOR IS PROBABLY DRAWING MORE AMPS THAN THE BREAKER CAN HANDLE SO IT BLOWS. TRY TAPPING THE COMPRESSOR NEXT TIME YOU ATTEMPT A HOUSE CURRENT START UP. i HAVE A WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER THAT NEEDS TAPPED FOR STARTUP FOR THE SUMMER SEASON. GOOD LUCK

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