Melting extension cord
I will be taking our first big trip soon and we will need the air conditioner. We usually boondock and never use the AC. I have only used it at home a couple of times and when I did the extension cord...
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MrWizard wrote:
One more thing to add
While the avg house built in the last 45 years has 15 amp duplex outlets
The wire to those outlets is 12ga and the circuit breaker in the panel is 20 amps
So it is possible to draw more than 15 amps and burn the outlet and melt the plug and not trip the circuit breaker in the house service panel
If your RV has a power management system, you should set it for 15 amp input on shore power,
It will turn off loads to keep you from exceeding that setting
Many newer RVs have that option , mine does not
I am pretty sure I do not have a power management system. Is there one I should look at??? Recommendations appreciated.
