30A vs 50A
Just a curious question for all you experts out there, We have a 2002 32V Itasca Sunrise, bought it used, have had it almost 2 years. It has the 30 amp power cord, however, the box the power cord goe...
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jerseyjim wrote:
EXODUSRV: Sure. I know what breakers are for....and if you trip them, something ain't right. Make all the adapters your want, jury rig all the wiring you want, but the bottom line is 30 amp does one a/c...and 50 does 2 a/cs' and one never has to worry about breakers or anything else.
And the KEY words (yours) to back me up is "dangerously warm". No need to get even CLOSE to that using 2 a/cs with 50 amps.
There are two reasons for a tripped breaker, number one, there is something wrong with the wiring or device, here you are right.
The secondary reason a breaker trips is that you are using too much power. The breaker trips to prevent the wire from overheating.
Electric supply companies are using gradually overloading wires since many years. The know that most wires are capable of transferring more power then rated when they got the chance to cool down in between.
The same would be with two A/C Units they are only using a lot off energy while starting (less then 10 seconds) when they are running they don't need a lot.
With the newer Energy efficient 9000 and 12000 BTU you could probably run even 3 Units of a 30A Service.
