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Post by rest0renovice on Apr 22, 2015 9:55:00 GMT -8
I have recently bought an old travel trailer camper from an old farmer, and it had been sitting on the land for quite some time. He had no idea what year/model it is, but I am working on restoring the insides. When I found the breaker box, it has old style round glass tube fuses. All of the camper has been ran with 110v lines, and I plan to use only 110 when I re-wire the sucker. My question what do I put in place of this old style breaker box. Can I run the 110 line from the power source into two 110 breakers? As long as they put out enough amps to run my appliances and lights this should be good right? Also do I need a large breaker box, or can I use a smaller one?
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Post by vikx on Apr 22, 2015 23:15:37 GMT -8
Welcome to the madness, restOnovice!
The old tube shaped fuses are commonly 12 volt. 110 round fuses screwed into a ceramic base, much like a light bulb. I'm "guessing" that the duel fuses ran one circuit with a fuse on both the hot and common side? Please post a picture or two.
110 wiring is a little more complicated than how much you want to run. The first element is the inlet, usually 15 amps. Wiring from there is 14 gauge, so you are limited on how many amps are available. Appliances are often high draw and only ONE AT A TIME on a 15 amp inlet. If you share the year of your trailer, we can better judge what sort of systems were available at the time.
The wiring must also be the proper gauge to support the breaker amperage. A 15 amp breaker requires at least 14 gauge wiring, a 20 amp breaker requires 12 gauge wiring and so on.
Size of your breaker box depends on the inlet amperage. Most vintage boxes are able to run 2, 3 or 4 circuits, which is way overkill for our limited needs. If you plan on high amperage use, a larger inlet and bigger box is a good idea.
Again, it's hard to answer your questions without knowing what you actually have. Give us some more information.
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Post by vintagebruce on Apr 23, 2015 8:24:49 GMT -8
vikx is a visionary who can "see what you are saying"...I'm vision challenged and need lots of photos to understand what you are talking about...pics please? Sounds like you might have a neat old camper. Oh and  to VTT! |
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