dual AC on 30 amps - I think I made it work
Here is what I did. Middle of day once temperatures start heating up, I switched my water heater and refrigerator over to propane. I unplugged cofee pot, curling iron, and anything else drawing elec...
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I would put hard start capacitors in each unit. This will reduce start up current in case they both happen to fire up at once. This could happen easily if your short power is lost for a short period of time and then comes back on.. WHAM! A hard start cap will only help with startup, once running they are out of circuit.
Beyond that you have a potential problem. The hotter the ambient temperature the more current the AC's will draw. The motors simply have to work harder and the heat causes a loss of efficiency.
If your main breaker is old Id replace it with a quality unit because you are going to be asking a lot of it. At the campground I am at over memorial day weekend thay ran fans on the breakers. If I were you I would install a fan behind the breaker and run it off of a temperature switch.
Fun project... keep modding! Get the hard start caps! they are cheap!
Beyond that you have a potential problem. The hotter the ambient temperature the more current the AC's will draw. The motors simply have to work harder and the heat causes a loss of efficiency.
If your main breaker is old Id replace it with a quality unit because you are going to be asking a lot of it. At the campground I am at over memorial day weekend thay ran fans on the breakers. If I were you I would install a fan behind the breaker and run it off of a temperature switch.
Fun project... keep modding! Get the hard start caps! they are cheap!
