30amp camper plugged into 110 home outlet
Hi All: My camper has 30amp service. The dealer gave me a adapter so that I can plug the 30amp into a one side and plug a 110 extension cord into the other side and then plug the extension cord into...
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My 100' extension runs from the back porch, up to the corner of the house, then over to the shed (keeps it out of the way---over the driveway). Typically only use it to keep the battery charged and to pre-cool the frig. I have run the A/C to cool it down, when I was planning to do some work in there, but not for long and nothing else was ON.
I have used an adapters at my brother's house to run the A/C, when in his driveway. No extension, just the 30amp cord, pluged into the adapter, then into his garage outlet. Worked fine.
At this point in my post, the dog wanted in...since I was going to be 1/2 way there, I decided to go try an experiment.
My old AMPROBE shows 120volt at the receptacle the extension is plugged into (left my eyeballs upstairs, 100 and 125 easy enough to see---looked like one hash mark below 125, hard to tell when focusing looks like this..:E
The trailer as it sits, according to PROGRESSIVE is as follows:
122v
0A
60H
E-0
Running the A/C (with compressor kicking in:
117v
4A
60H
E-0
The frig alone (again I heard the compressor kick in):
118v
2A
60H
E-0
Both frig and A/C at the same time:
114V
6A
60H
E-0
I then decided to briefly...and I mean VERY briefly...try the microwave, with everything else turned back off.
14amp
I didn't leave it run long enough to write everything else down. It sounded like it was trying to find every ounce of power it could, and it was failing.
I really need to get a life :B The church is having a function today, maybe I should go up early.
I have used an adapters at my brother's house to run the A/C, when in his driveway. No extension, just the 30amp cord, pluged into the adapter, then into his garage outlet. Worked fine.
At this point in my post, the dog wanted in...since I was going to be 1/2 way there, I decided to go try an experiment.
My old AMPROBE shows 120volt at the receptacle the extension is plugged into (left my eyeballs upstairs, 100 and 125 easy enough to see---looked like one hash mark below 125, hard to tell when focusing looks like this..:E
The trailer as it sits, according to PROGRESSIVE is as follows:
122v
0A
60H
E-0
Running the A/C (with compressor kicking in:
117v
4A
60H
E-0
The frig alone (again I heard the compressor kick in):
118v
2A
60H
E-0
Both frig and A/C at the same time:
114V
6A
60H
E-0
I then decided to briefly...and I mean VERY briefly...try the microwave, with everything else turned back off.
14amp
I didn't leave it run long enough to write everything else down. It sounded like it was trying to find every ounce of power it could, and it was failing.
I really need to get a life :B The church is having a function today, maybe I should go up early.
