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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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mena661
Explorer
Feb 22, 2014
I use #10 for 100 ft runs and I have 122V at the end of the cord. In your case, I would use #8 to "make up" for a not so good source.

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