Roof top ac require 50 amps?
Yesterday when I picked up my new fifth wheel, I had an orientation and the gentleman giving it was showing me the adapters from 50 amp 2 30 amp to standard household receptacle. He told me that if I ...
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The sales guy deals with a wide variety of people. He probably says use the 50 amp and not the 20 amp because he would have all sorts of goofballs using the 20 amp plug and then go turn on everything in the rig. As soon as breakers started tripping or something started smoking the goofball would be on the phone. In the end, goofball would be saying BUT you said it would work!!!
I have met fantastic sales people and I have also had a few who I was teaching and explaining things like gvwr, amps, charging voltage, roof sealing etc.
The guy who did the pdi may know next to nothing and just been hired or he could be a guy who if given a chance to sit around and chew the fat with may tell you just what many of us know and have done as far as running ac or other things as not intended.
I talked to one sales guy who said the big huge rip in the linoleum of one rig was from someone catching their toe on it. I went easy on him but explained what really happens to linoleum in an RV. He finally told me that he had retired and his wife was tired of him sitting at home while she was still working and got him the job at her sisters RV shop. :) His default would be to parrot what his boss said about not adapting down to run the ac. :)
I have met fantastic sales people and I have also had a few who I was teaching and explaining things like gvwr, amps, charging voltage, roof sealing etc.
The guy who did the pdi may know next to nothing and just been hired or he could be a guy who if given a chance to sit around and chew the fat with may tell you just what many of us know and have done as far as running ac or other things as not intended.
I talked to one sales guy who said the big huge rip in the linoleum of one rig was from someone catching their toe on it. I went easy on him but explained what really happens to linoleum in an RV. He finally told me that he had retired and his wife was tired of him sitting at home while she was still working and got him the job at her sisters RV shop. :) His default would be to parrot what his boss said about not adapting down to run the ac. :)
