Testing AC at home
We haven't camped in our trailer for almost 2 years. We have a trip,scheduled to MB in July. We just recently got the trailer back after having it repaired for a tree limb going through the roof. Had ...
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Passin Thru wrote:
Get an extension cord, a splitter and plug into 2 different circuits tying them into your 30 amp. That's how we do it. Then you have 40 AMP to 30.
:hUhhh, not quite sure how you are doing this exactly, but casually telling someone to do this is DANGEROUS.
If you are using an adapter box that plugs into the top and bottom of a standard duplex and has a 30a receptical, this is NOT giving you any more amperage because the duplex is fed from the same circuit. It is potentially dangerous because it may be wired as a split duplex with a multi-wire branch circuit.
If you are using some device that has 2 120v cords to plug into 2 different locations that both feed into a box with a 30A receptical, then it is home made. No commercial device does this because it is DANGEROUS! At best you are paralleling two 120V circuits, but the current will still take the path of least resistance and will not be ballanced resulting in most of the current being drawing from one circuit. Worst case is you plug into opposite legs and BOOM! Direct short across the 240. And if either cord is left unplugged you have what is known as a "suicide cord" with exposed prongs with live 120V.
I hope this is not what you are doing, there are other safer ways to accomplish what you want.
