Electric Load Distribution
Question about the distribution of the electrical load in our 5er. We have a 50 amp service and I have a surge protector that shows the voltage and amperage fir each leg. It seems that every time ...
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Chris Bryant wrote:
I’ve run across them with both air conditioners on the same leg. Brand new trailer, I was installing an lp Onan 7kw. Had to balance the loads to run both a/c’s of the genset.
Having BOTH AC on one leg is not a concern until you have a smaller genset as you pointed out. THEN you should split the AC's between the 2 legs, to allow the Genset Breakers to not trip from excess load on 1 leg. This is sometimes a problem on both motorhomes with 7k and smaller Genset units.
BUT, you do not have split the AC Loads on a 50 amp trailer. BUT, it is BETTER to do that if the OEM put both on 1 leg. Makes it better when you do NOT have true 50 amp or on 30 amp service. Doug
