50 AMP and plugging in at home
Although new to this, I strongly suspect that a coach that has 50 AMP service may not be able to run A/C in the Texas heat on an standard outdoor extension cord plugged into an exterior house outlet. ...
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BB_TX wrote:
I can run one 15k A/C on a 20 amp outlet as long as I run nothing else. But I would not do it on a long extension cord. On 30 amp you can easily run a 15k A/C plus a few other lower current things. On 50 amp you can run all you want.
Make sure whoever installs the new outlet understand how it should be done.
http://www.myrv.us/electric/
My experience as well. A 20amp circuit and either no extension cord or a relatively short HEAVY extension cord. I have a 50' 10gauge extension that I have used with good success.
I did find that at times I wanted to run both a/c's and the refrigerator on electric while preparing for trips or working on projects so I finally installed a 50amp circuit.
Good point about making sure that the electrician understand that this is for an RV as there are different styles of 50 amp recepticles. I have gone out and replace a few of them...
