High amps at Air Conditioner
I have a Coleman Mach 1 P.S. 11k btu rooftop air conditioner (on a truck camper) that has had little use and works well, but seems to draw a high amount of amps per Colemans spec sheet. Coleman spe...
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Hi,
Yup--that is until your brother in law turns on the microwave and the air conditioner at the same time--then you have fried Kill-a-watt for dinner! Moral of the story is "don't exceed 1800 watts" (15 amps). It was plugged into a 15 amp shore power outlet and still went to Kill-a-Watt heaven.
I think the newer ones do power factor as well.
I did wonder why it was beeping. *soft smile*
Yup--that is until your brother in law turns on the microwave and the air conditioner at the same time--then you have fried Kill-a-watt for dinner! Moral of the story is "don't exceed 1800 watts" (15 amps). It was plugged into a 15 amp shore power outlet and still went to Kill-a-Watt heaven.
I think the newer ones do power factor as well.
I did wonder why it was beeping. *soft smile*
MrWizard wrote:
the KILL-A-Watt
plugs into a 15amp outlet, you then plug your appliance into the it
it can display volts, amps draw of anything plugged into it
watts,
