A/C work on 15 amp circuit?
Afternoon all! I have a 13,500 A/C unit in my trailer. The trailer power is 30amp. Is it safe to run my trailers A/C on the 115V 15amp supply at the trailer storage place? I don't want to run it for l...
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From a thread like this, sure can tell who understands electrical and who doesn't.
Under normal conditions, on a dedicated circuit, if it doesn't dump the breaker on startup, its not going to dump it a few minutes later. And if it did, what harm was done ??
And listening, is one of the easiest to use voltmeters there ever was. If you hear a good positive......normal compressor start, you can bet your last $ the voltage is good.
There has been times when I had to temporarly run the AC on a 16 ga cord, and knowing I would be on the cutting edge, I would listen,.....(its not hard to hear) at the startup,......if the start up was slow...and sluggish, I would most times abort. Yes, I'm a non electrician,.....w/ common sense.
Under normal conditions, on a dedicated circuit, if it doesn't dump the breaker on startup, its not going to dump it a few minutes later. And if it did, what harm was done ??
And listening, is one of the easiest to use voltmeters there ever was. If you hear a good positive......normal compressor start, you can bet your last $ the voltage is good.
There has been times when I had to temporarly run the AC on a 16 ga cord, and knowing I would be on the cutting edge, I would listen,.....(its not hard to hear) at the startup,......if the start up was slow...and sluggish, I would most times abort. Yes, I'm a non electrician,.....w/ common sense.
