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MKirkland's avatar
MKirkland
Explorer
Sep 07, 2016

Simple electrical question

By the way, this isn't about me. A person I know has a 30 amp service at his house which has a standard receptacle for plugging into. Another person brought his trailer over and plugged in his 30 amp cord from his trailer but had to use an adapter. It was hot and the AC was working overtime. They were using other electrical devices in the trailer too. No circuit breakers popped. Were they actually getting 30 amps or did the standard house receptacle and/or adapter cause them to just get lower amperage? By the way, the compressor in the AC went out a couple weeks later, any relevance?
  • enblethen's avatar
    enblethen
    Nomad
    Sep 07, 2016
    They would have got the amperage of the circuit in which they plugged into.
    A standard household circuit would be 15 or 20 amps.
    If they attempted to use an adapter and plug into a dryer or range receptacle it would be different. It could be 240 volt and fry various items.
    What type of receptacle were they plugging into?
    What kind of adapter?
    More apt to have blown or bad capacitor then compressor.
  • ScottG's avatar
    ScottG
    Nomad
    Sep 07, 2016
    It could restrict it a bit to use a common receptacle and result in a voltage drop if he's near the max. He could easily change it out for the correct part. Home Depot has them.

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