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mchero
Explorer
Aug 23, 2014

BOTH roof AC units running on a 20 amp power source?

I still can't figure out how this is happening! I had done this exact same procedure couple weeks back so I thought I would document the procedure. I'm connected to a 20amp outlet in the garage., a...
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dougrainer
Nomad
Aug 24, 2014
RV daytrader wrote:
OK...each compressor pulls 7.8 amps and each fan FLA is 2.9...that is the MAX they will pull. In real life those compressors will pull around 7 amps and the fans about 2 amps...on a real hot day the compressors will pull close to the max, but on a cool day the amp draw will be less....if started seperately I can see this happening....


No, there is NO MAX limit. Just as each 10 degrees ambient colder than 95 will pull 1 amp less, each 10 degrees ABOVE 95 will pull 1 amp MORE. Doug

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