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melloftus
Explorer
Jul 30, 2019

1st time boondocking and could not get our AC to work

We did our 1st time boondocking trip this last weekend with our 2008 fleetwood mallard and sadly we could not get our A/C to work. My husband is now convinced we need a new generator where as I think ...
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TomG2
Explorer
Jul 30, 2019
Keep guessing, or start measuring. Your AC should run on less than 3100 watts. "Something" is reducing the amount available. Refrigerator may be switching to electric automatically, converter may be charging battery, or something else.

Get a kill a watt or similar and "know" where the power is going. At a minimum, turn all the breakers except the one serving the AC Off and see what happens.

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