Power Cord/Extension Cord Melted Together
Well there's an expense I hadn't counted on. Packing up to go home & my 30a power cord & 30a extension cord were melted together. Oh well, small price to pay I guess. Now to figure out why they melted...
Forum Discussion
Hi Naio,
Folks don't seem to be aware they can use more than the capacity of a 15 amp circuit for some time without blowing the breaker on the shore power supply. Of course, as voltage drops anything with a motor (i.e. the air conditioner) draws more current. The same thing happens as the ambient temperature goes up.
For example, my air conditioner, on a 15 amp shore power connection ended up drawing over 18.5 amps, due to voltage drop and high ambient heat of 41 c (105 f). Because I do monitor that sort of information, I disconnected and moved over to using the generator. On the generator, it drew only 13.3 amps.
Folks don't seem to be aware they can use more than the capacity of a 15 amp circuit for some time without blowing the breaker on the shore power supply. Of course, as voltage drops anything with a motor (i.e. the air conditioner) draws more current. The same thing happens as the ambient temperature goes up.
For example, my air conditioner, on a 15 amp shore power connection ended up drawing over 18.5 amps, due to voltage drop and high ambient heat of 41 c (105 f). Because I do monitor that sort of information, I disconnected and moved over to using the generator. On the generator, it drew only 13.3 amps.
