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pianotuna
Nomad III
Feb 22, 2014

running an air conditioner on 250 feet of cord

Hi, Obviously voltage drop is going to be an issue. If I have a 20 amp 120 volt outlet, could I use #10 wire and place an autoformer at the RV end to deal with voltage drop? What about using ...
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enblethen
Nomad
Feb 22, 2014
You could consider running 240 volts to a step down transformer to 120 volts.
This would basically cut voltage drop in half.
At the rig end install transformer and distribution panel with 30-TT receptacle.

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