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jayspi
Explorer
May 19, 2018

Should a 13,500 BTU A/C be wired to a 15 or 20 amp breaker?

Hi everyone, we bought a 2004 Colorado 5th wheel last year. We've had problems with the A/C not blowing as hard as we think it should, and the circuit breakers (mostly the main, but also the one for t...
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Bobbo
Explorer II
May 20, 2018
kmb1966 wrote:
dougrainer wrote:
ALL RV Roof top AC units the install instructions require a minimum of a 20 amp breaker and Minimum 12 /2 Romex wire. Doug

Except the Dometic BriskAir2 H.E. unit.
I have one and the specs on it call for a 15amp breaker. It's the only one I know of that specs a 15 amp instead of 20.

Here is the installation manual for the Dometic BriskAir2 H.E. unit.

http://manuals.adventurerv.net/Brisk-Brisk-II-Penguin-II-HP-mech-ABD-Operating-Manual.pdf

Page 4 of this manual calls for a 20 amp circuit.

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