Tracking down amp draw
So... in another thread over in the 'Travel Trailer' forum about running 15k BTU A/C units on gen sets, I'd mentioned that we tried it last weekend on a Champion 3100, and it worked - barely - with th...
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2oldman wrote:
There was a recent thread about the electric WH being on even though that switch was off. Yeah, weird, but make darn sure your water isn't hot!
If I didn't know any better it sounds like you have 2 a/cs.
Either would be about par for the course so far with this TT! ;)
Right now, with the WH breaker on, and the converter breaker off... the amp draw is 0-1A... so I'm guessing its off. Might be it auto shut-off due to no water in there right at the moment - didn't think those things were that smart/sophisticated, but then again, I didn't expect it to be gas/electric either.
I double-checked the # of A/C units last night... One A/C, and two MaxxAir vent covers (one over the bedroom vent, and one over the bathroom vent/fan) plus the omni TV antenna and assorted vents is all I see on the roof!
The amps did drop off overnight, so maybe it was just the charge controller/converter working over time plus the fridge auto-switching from gas to electric that was giving the generator fits. On the previous TT, everything was one size smaller - 13.5k BTU A/C, smaller fridge, etc. so apparently I 'got away' with some things I shouldn't have.
Not enough time to get a Micro-Air EasyStart before we go on our road trip this month... but I may arrange to have one waiting in the mail box when we get home!
