AC 20amp breaker trips mid day
Just came from Vegas 103 deg with no AC problems. At our new location which is also about 103 deg, the ac compressor would cycle and the fan would stay on with the thermostat on auto. Now it trips th...
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In order to make long distance transmission of electricity efficient and affordable Nikola Tesla figured out that AC was the way to go...So when voltage goes UP current is proportionally driven down, and wires that are used get waaaay smaller... So how does use of an autoformer cause the pedestal CB to trigger open, and why does the autoformer ‘make possible’ the use of my honda genny while loafing along under LOAD when in the eco mode??....Maybe Tesla got it awfully wrong...
You have several things. Volts, Amps. VOlt-amps and watts that are all related.
On the LOAD side. For an inductive load. IN THEORY higher voltage = lower amps. but it may wind up being lower power factor so the amps may not go down as much as you anticipate.
But the Park side of the autoformer. Well if the thing is upping the volts so your A/C is happy then on the park side watts (or rather volt-amps) in much equal or exceed volt-amps out
So 10 amps at 120 volts is 1200 volt amps
Drop the voltage (Park side) to 100 volts. and you need 12 amps to get to 1200 volt amps. That simple.
Now do not even ask me to explain the difference between Volt-amps and Watts.. That's at least a year of collage above you.
