Frank's autotransformer question.
Hello Everyone, I am looking to purchase a voltage regulator and have narrowed it to Frank's or Hughes'. The hughes' has a max boost of 10% while the franks' max boost is 16%. That additional ...
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I went with Hughes and am glad of it.... But...
Franks makes, it appears, 3 Autoformers
one is a 30 amp
one is a 50 amp but is very rare
and the third is advertised as a 50 but is not, thus the internal fuse blows if you load it down...
So make sure you get the right one
The hughes I have is 8 or 9 (not sure which) and works well
ONE suggestion.. No matter what version you get Google the Hughes Autoformer Install kit, If you can download the instructions for it you can make your own (I did) or buy the kit (Overpriced in my not very humble opinion).
And INSTALL the unit inside your coach.. WHY: Well, several reasons.
ONE: if it's installed inside the odds of it growing a pair of legs and walking off go way down.
Second: I have been in parks where the park rules say NO Autoformers And I figure if they can not see it (And they can not) they can not complain about it.
I also figure if they say "Do not use them" it means "You really need one here since we have a low voltage issue"
But mostly: Those suckers are big and heavy and it is way too easy to forget it epically if overnighting.. And I have done just that (Before I installed it) and the result was not good (low voltage)
Franks makes, it appears, 3 Autoformers
one is a 30 amp
one is a 50 amp but is very rare
and the third is advertised as a 50 but is not, thus the internal fuse blows if you load it down...
So make sure you get the right one
The hughes I have is 8 or 9 (not sure which) and works well
ONE suggestion.. No matter what version you get Google the Hughes Autoformer Install kit, If you can download the instructions for it you can make your own (I did) or buy the kit (Overpriced in my not very humble opinion).
And INSTALL the unit inside your coach.. WHY: Well, several reasons.
ONE: if it's installed inside the odds of it growing a pair of legs and walking off go way down.
Second: I have been in parks where the park rules say NO Autoformers And I figure if they can not see it (And they can not) they can not complain about it.
I also figure if they say "Do not use them" it means "You really need one here since we have a low voltage issue"
But mostly: Those suckers are big and heavy and it is way too easy to forget it epically if overnighting.. And I have done just that (Before I installed it) and the result was not good (low voltage)
