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cbshoestring
Explorer II
Jul 03, 2016

87. Volt. Are you on the fence about buying surge protection

I was told A/C could not be used, and friends who have stayed by the lake warned it was a single receptacle. Still, I paid for electric, I hoped I could at least make coffee. 87 volts when it first...
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pianotuna
Nomad III
Jul 03, 2016
Hi CA,

Thanks. Overhead for autoformers is apparently about 4%. I guess that makes the 21.3 into 20.4 (rounding down for safety).

CA Traveler wrote:
Calculation: 85V*30A=2550W/120V = 21.3A, 20A calculation similar.

I thought about a few percent transformer loss but wasn't sure of a good ballpark figure.

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