Can't run A/C at home: solved -- see 8/21/16 update
It's hot in Calif, and I want to use the trailer as a lifeboat -- but the a/c won't run off garage power. Here is the setup and the problem -- I attach our 30 amp cord to a heavy construction grade extension cord (not a little thin cord), using an adapter. The two cords total about 40 feet in length. The extension cord plugs into a wall socket in the garage.
The a/c starts ok, and runs for a minute or so, quits, starts again, and quits.
Is this because of the length of the cords? Would an even heavier extension cord help? Is this due to some limitation on our wall socket? I run woodworking equipment on the same socket, with no problems. And the circuit breaker does not trip.
Thanks in advance for your advice. (Yes, I know I should know much more about electrical power than I do, but I don't. So please forgive my pathetic ignorance.)
The a/c starts ok, and runs for a minute or so, quits, starts again, and quits.
Is this because of the length of the cords? Would an even heavier extension cord help? Is this due to some limitation on our wall socket? I run woodworking equipment on the same socket, with no problems. And the circuit breaker does not trip.
Thanks in advance for your advice. (Yes, I know I should know much more about electrical power than I do, but I don't. So please forgive my pathetic ignorance.)
