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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Kayteg1,
The math doesn't support that opinion. I'd be pulling less than my share, not more. That makes me a good client not a bad one for the campground. Just as I was in June when I did not have the autoformer so I used load support on my hybrid inverter to help run the air conditioner, drawing from the battery bank and solar panels.
The problem is the other folks who are running the fridge (325 watts), water heater (1200 watts), and air conditioners (1200 watts).
The math doesn't support that opinion. I'd be pulling less than my share, not more. That makes me a good client not a bad one for the campground. Just as I was in June when I did not have the autoformer so I used load support on my hybrid inverter to help run the air conditioner, drawing from the battery bank and solar panels.
The problem is the other folks who are running the fridge (325 watts), water heater (1200 watts), and air conditioners (1200 watts).
Kayteg1 wrote:
You are solution for yourself, but trouble for everybody else.
You can't pull 100 kw from transformer rated 50 kw.
More campers will use their autoformers, something is going to give...
and it is not going to be pretty solution.
