Voltage at the pedestal
Looks like the end of our six week trip has me asking all sorts of questions. 1. The voltage at our pedestal, according to our Surge Guard, shows 114 volts and 16 amps. Is this a threat to our air ...
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Tracus wrote:rgatijnet1 wrote:
An EMS system can protect your coach from damage.
We bought ours after spending a hot five days at a campground in PA when the temps never went below 100 during the day. Thanks goodness our neighbor had a voltage meter and told us to turn our A/C off. His reading showed 90-95 volts. Fortunately, after dinner time it went back to 117 and we could turn the A/C back on. Yes, he checked the voltage after the A/Cs were turned on.
During the day and until I got the meter I watched the readout on the refrigerator; if it went from AC to LP, I knew the voltage had dropped too low and would turn the A/C off. I suppose it was risky, but there was no harm done.
Thanks again,
Chris
I can only say if low voltage was to always kill an ac, then ours would have died long ago and our EMS, although works well for shedding the load, doesn't recognize low voltage.
Not saying that low voltage won't hurt an ac and have always been wary of such.
