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etrippe
Explorer
Jul 21, 2019

Running 1 ac unit on 20 amp shore power,

I have a dedicated 20 amp circuit next to where I park my MH when loading and unloading for trips. If only some 12 volt lights, but no frig or water heater on electric were running in the mh, could I run 1 of the roof top ac’ units? Both units are on single 20 amp breakers in the MH and one is 15,000 btu and one is 13,500 btu
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Thanks in advance

Additional info

I have a 30 amp extension cord with an adapter to 20 amp that I could use.

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  • ford_truck_guy's avatar
    ford_truck_guy
    Nomad
    Jul 22, 2019
    A few years ago were driveway camped up in cape cod at a friends house. They had a dedicated 20 amp outlet that I used. I just ran my 50 amo cable to the outlet and used a 50 to 30 reducer which I plugged into a 30 to 110 plug... no regular extension cords and it worked all weekend... all the lights, and 1 AC
  • rk911's avatar
    rk911
    Explorer
    Jul 21, 2019
    etrippe wrote:
    rk911 wrote:
    be sure to turn off the charger portion of the charger/converter else it trips your circuit. i know from experience.


    How do I do that?


    should be a circuit breaker on the charger/converter.
  • wildtoad's avatar
    wildtoad
    Explorer II
    Jul 21, 2019
    I was just at a friends place and the had a 20 amp socket. I had one of those puck adapters that allowed the 30 cord to plug in. We have one 15k ac, ran wh on gas ( only option ), fridge on gas, did use a Keurig in the am. Would run mw when ac was not. All went well. However when we went to leave the adapter was warm and somewhat melted. So be careful.
  • etrippe's avatar
    etrippe
    Explorer
    Jul 21, 2019
    rk911 wrote:
    be sure to turn off the charger portion of the charger/converter else it trips your circuit. i know from experience.


    How do I do that?
  • rk911's avatar
    rk911
    Explorer
    Jul 21, 2019
    be sure to turn off the charger portion of the charger/converter else it trips your circuit. i know from experience.
  • Lwiddis's avatar
    Lwiddis
    Explorer II
    Jul 21, 2019
    With a short extension cord and nothing else drawing power except led lights, yes.

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