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BobnSofi
Explorer
Feb 12, 2019

Electric Heater lowers Voltage ??? HARMFUL ???

Hi All, we are full timing and use and electric space heater. This causes a voltage drop (according to the cheap voltage meter plugged into a bathroom outlet). The space we are in has 50amp, 30a...
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ScottG
Nomad
Feb 12, 2019
Sorry but running a couple of space heaters in a 50A rig is NOT going to cause a fire.
Space heaters (and any other resitive load) use less current as voltage goes down.

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