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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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MrWizard
Moderator
Feb 12, 2019
Is that the same outlet, or same circuit breaker, that the heater is plugged into?

Put the meter on a different circuit, measure with heater off and heater on
And post the numbers here

If you have more than one
Make sure they are on different circuit breakers

A 50 amp service should have no problem with a pair of portable heaters

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