PD 9180 needs 20 amp cord?
Hey all, With all this converter talk recently, I noticed that the prog. dyn. PD9180/9280 converter comes with a 20 amp cord and plug. Can't tell if the cord wire is 12awg but probably. Fine. So...
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Naio wrote:BFL13 wrote:
Naio, it will still run, but beware of too long a cord even if it is 12. AC voltage drop below 120 will reduce the amps put out by the converter. ISTR it won't work at all under 105v. Also the other appliances will be sharing with the converter, increasing voltage drop for everything. The microwave will work, but groan and moan.
ISTR I read on here that the air conditioner is different. It won't keep going just groaning, it will fry itself on low voltage.
Ok, I will not run other stuff. I don't have phantom loads in my homemade rig, nor AC.
The fridge is tempting, though... maybe if I let it start before the converter?
Fridge even if absorption type wouldn't be more than 300w for a large model. If residential style compressor the starting surge isn't likely long enough to trip the breaker, even with the converter on. So ya try both and if it trips then change it. But really your breaker would trip long before that with a load significant to drop to 105 if your supply was 120v. So you'll probably never see 105 unless it is terrible camp ground supply. Should be fine. Also I believe the PD can run down to 90 AC. Yes DC amps will be reduced, but it will still go to 14.4v output once the batteries demand decreases.
