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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 05, 2016
Hi CA,

Which is exactly why I want the autoformer.

I'm surviving without the autoformer, but to do so I have to limit the 30 shore power down to 15 amps using the ARC remote for the Magnum inverter. That forces the Magnum to do voltage support rather than just load support.

CA Traveler wrote:
However low voltage is one issue that often occurs later in the day and no amount of pre checking is going to uncover that problem.

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