What effect does an electric heater have?
I have a lack of electrical knowledge so.......with a 30 amp rig, what effect will an electric heater have on my electrical capabilities? What else can be used at the same time? The box says 1500 ...
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On 30 amps you have a theroeritical maximum capacty of 3600 watts and in practice about 3240. The first effect of a 1500 watt heater is to use up nearly half your available power leaving you with only 1740 watts for all other uses, Like the converter, and the water heater (YOU DO want to run the water heater since if it freezes.... Bad things happen)
The second thing it does is potential.. One of the non-inverter outlets in my MH smelled a lot like hot wires when I plugged a 1500 watt heater into it.. I finally installed proper 15/20 amp outlets with 12ga feeders and dedicated circuit breakers (Just that outlet on the breaker) to handle the high power loads (I have 3 of those outlets plus one the factory installed).
Note one of my HD outltes is powered independently of the rest of the house.
I'm gonna need 'em all, they are predicting SIX count 'em SIX degrees not tonight, but tomorrow night.
The second thing it does is potential.. One of the non-inverter outlets in my MH smelled a lot like hot wires when I plugged a 1500 watt heater into it.. I finally installed proper 15/20 amp outlets with 12ga feeders and dedicated circuit breakers (Just that outlet on the breaker) to handle the high power loads (I have 3 of those outlets plus one the factory installed).
Note one of my HD outltes is powered independently of the rest of the house.
I'm gonna need 'em all, they are predicting SIX count 'em SIX degrees not tonight, but tomorrow night.
