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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Much of the new-age junk contains volatile memory because it is "cheaper" than store and retrieve memory. Thermostats, radios, flat screens, clocks, microwaves, etc. Quicksilver has a second column DC draw - point oh eight to be exact. 0.002 AC amp draw. The DC draw is the volt meter. The two thousandths is the AC LCD meter draw.
Use a standard DMM meter to evaluate individual ATO 12-volt fuse current. It's INSUFFICIENT just to yank fuses as draw are additive.
Set the meter on TEN (10) amperes DC. Move the meter lead to the correct socket.
Yank each fuse. Note the amps. Write it down for future use.
CHANGE THE METER CONNECTION and scale back to volts THANK YOU
Slip on a pair of NITRIlE gloves.
Open up the breaker box panel
Yank each breaker. Set the DMM on AC amps. Measure across each breaker cavity terminal pair. Getting low amp readings? Find out where each leakage is going.
Sum totals of mystery AC and DC current leakage can be "shocking".
Use a standard DMM meter to evaluate individual ATO 12-volt fuse current. It's INSUFFICIENT just to yank fuses as draw are additive.
Set the meter on TEN (10) amperes DC. Move the meter lead to the correct socket.
Yank each fuse. Note the amps. Write it down for future use.
CHANGE THE METER CONNECTION and scale back to volts THANK YOU
Slip on a pair of NITRIlE gloves.
Open up the breaker box panel
Yank each breaker. Set the DMM on AC amps. Measure across each breaker cavity terminal pair. Getting low amp readings? Find out where each leakage is going.
Sum totals of mystery AC and DC current leakage can be "shocking".
