Strabo wrote:
Just cause you can run your ac from a 20 amp circut using extension cords dosent mean you should.
Especially in hot ambient outside temps.
How so?
A 13.5K BTU A/C should be drawing not much more than 12.5A-13.5A full tilt when compressor is HOT.
This IS within the "limits" of a 14 ga 15A circuit.
OP is saying they have a 20A circuit so they should have 12 ga wire running to the garage outlet..
OP HAS MEASURED 119V with the A/C ON..
That IS well within operating parameters for voltage..
And by the way, for your information I have NO PROBLEM operating TWO A/C units in my TT on a 20A circuit.. AND that IS with 50ft of 10 gauge wire PLUS an additional 60ft of 12 ga wire plus the wire from the basement outlet to the breaker panel which I do not know since I use that only at my Cousins house..
I have a 10K BTU A/C unit in the rear of my trailer and a 6.5K A/C unit in the front bedroom..
That is 16.5K BTU and I CAN operate it from 20A circuit as long as my batteries are pretty well charged..
I HAVE run my A/C units AND the converter from my 3.5K portable gen which gives me 25A to work with..
OP (or anyone else) SHOULD NOT have any problems running their 13.5K A/C from a 20A circuit..
