Basic Question About AC Power Wiring
How are RVs usually wired up? I have a standard arctic fox RV and I’m having trouble with the AC portion of the wiring. Symptoms: *After running an air conditioner for 4-5 hours, off an exte...
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BFL13 wrote:
Not a clue, so ignore if wrong, but ISTR about air conditioners sometimes becoming increasingly difficult to start when cycling due to some kind of build-up. Can't remember any details.
Weird about the microwave!
The compressor pushes the freon (yeah it's nor freon anymore) to the high pressure side. As the high pressure side increases, it takes more torque to spin the compressor.
If you shut the air/con down for a few sec and then try to start it up again, the high pressure side hasn't reduced, so you have the compressor trying to overcome both the high pressure and the electric motor start up load...result it's much harder to start. (most newer electronic thermostats have a 5min delay to let the high pressure side come down).
I'm confused regarding the microwave.
- Is the microwave plugged in but off and it suddenly starts running?
- Are you trying to run the microwave while the air/con is running?
Someone beat me to it regarding the plug in voltage meter. You may see it drop into the 104-108v range before any odd operation starts but as you say, without the plug in meter, by the time you get your handheld meter out, you've passed the point of no return.
