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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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time2roll
Nomad
Feb 23, 2014
pianotuna wrote:
If I had my way I would definitely trench in the proper size cable, but the owner of the cottage refuses to consider allowing that to be done even at my expense.
How about adding a basic 30/50 amp connector next to the panel?
Tell him it is way safer than maxing out the existing 15a shared circuit.

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