Upgrade to 50amp?
I just purchased a 2007 Itasca Spirit 25F which is 30amp. I've tripped the breaker once already using a blow dryer while the AC unit was running. I've also been told by my neighbors here in my RV pa...
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Hi Sue,
A 50 amp service gives access to 12000 watts. It would be possible to badly design the system with all the heavy loads on one leg--but it is unlikely. On 50 amps you could run up to six air conditioners.
If folks really wanted to pay for it, a 30 amp could be equipped with load shedding technology--so that the water heater (for example) would only run when there was enough current to support it. I do my own load shedding.
The problem is that such devices are not cheap--and difficult to trouble shoot when they do "go wrong".
I'll stick to my OEM 30, the two auxiliary shore power cords and my boost technology inverter.
The most I use is about 5500 watts in the wild west winter of -40.
A 50 amp service gives access to 12000 watts. It would be possible to badly design the system with all the heavy loads on one leg--but it is unlikely. On 50 amps you could run up to six air conditioners.
If folks really wanted to pay for it, a 30 amp could be equipped with load shedding technology--so that the water heater (for example) would only run when there was enough current to support it. I do my own load shedding.
The problem is that such devices are not cheap--and difficult to trouble shoot when they do "go wrong".
I'll stick to my OEM 30, the two auxiliary shore power cords and my boost technology inverter.
The most I use is about 5500 watts in the wild west winter of -40.
GoalstoDreams wrote:
The real question, however.....and it boggles my mind....is why they still design RVs with electrical components that cannot be supported simultaneously by even 50amp service (let alone 30amp)...with all the technological advances in the world, you'd think they could figure this out......and I don't expect an answer, mind you..this was purely rhetorical....; )
Thanks again everyone for all your help!
Sue
