autoformers for dummies (me)
Hi all, I've heard folks saying autoformers "steal" power from the campground and hence from other campers. Here is my understanding of what happens. The total wattage remains the same less abou...
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Hi Naio,
In June I was at a campground and did not yet have the autoformer. It was hot and there was the usual voltage sag (103 with only the roof air running). I used the Magnum hybrid inverter/charger load support feature and found that I could "force" it to do voltage support. It generally took about 200 watts from the battery bank to do this. My solar system was replacing those watts. So, in a sense, I should have been billing the campground for about 1.2 kwh's of "my" energy. Or about......16 cents!
I do not plan on advertising the fact that I'm using an autoformer--just as I did not advertise that I had to use the hybrid feature of the Magnum to support their "code minimum" wiring.
In June I was at a campground and did not yet have the autoformer. It was hot and there was the usual voltage sag (103 with only the roof air running). I used the Magnum hybrid inverter/charger load support feature and found that I could "force" it to do voltage support. It generally took about 200 watts from the battery bank to do this. My solar system was replacing those watts. So, in a sense, I should have been billing the campground for about 1.2 kwh's of "my" energy. Or about......16 cents!
I do not plan on advertising the fact that I'm using an autoformer--just as I did not advertise that I had to use the hybrid feature of the Magnum to support their "code minimum" wiring.
Naio wrote:
Gdetrailer, you seem to have missed the part of my post where I advocated PAYING FOR the extra 16 cents worth of electricity.
Why does that not surprise me?
