Power Sag/Current Issues at Seasonal Site
We are in our first year at a seasonal site we think we will be staying at long term. Everything is great, but the power. We only have a small Jayco 16XRB but even its 8K Btu AC and fridge prove cha...
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I kept voltmeters pluggedin
I also used a Hughes Autoformer
Now with the autoformer there is a trade off. especially on a 30 amp site
Your RV does not eat volts or amps. but rather watts. (Volts times amps)
So if the voltage out the post is say 100 and the hughes kicks it up to 115 Well your maximum wattage goes from 3600 (30 amps times 120 volts) to 3000 (30 amps times 100 volts) before the park breaker trips. But.. everything works provided you keep that in mind.
One thing I did was swap out the water heater element. instead of a 1500 watt at 120 volt I put in a 1500 watt 250 volt (375 watts at 120 volt) element, Took a bit longer (4x) to heat water.. But fewer trips to the pedestal to reset the @#%$@## Breaker.
I also used a Hughes Autoformer
Now with the autoformer there is a trade off. especially on a 30 amp site
Your RV does not eat volts or amps. but rather watts. (Volts times amps)
So if the voltage out the post is say 100 and the hughes kicks it up to 115 Well your maximum wattage goes from 3600 (30 amps times 120 volts) to 3000 (30 amps times 100 volts) before the park breaker trips. But.. everything works provided you keep that in mind.
One thing I did was swap out the water heater element. instead of a 1500 watt at 120 volt I put in a 1500 watt 250 volt (375 watts at 120 volt) element, Took a bit longer (4x) to heat water.. But fewer trips to the pedestal to reset the @#%$@## Breaker.
