Looking at a 30 amp 5er
OK...so now we are needing to know about 30 vs 50 amps. I found a small 5er nearby that has 30 amp service. I am assuming that the rest that we have viewed all have 50 amps. What does 30 vs 50 me...
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janegowest wrote:
You say that if we plugged into a friend's house line, it would trip their breaker to run our A/C. I suppose that a 50 amp would trip their breaker even faster?
I should have been more clear when I mentioned tripping breakers at my house.
The largest circuit I have in my garage is a 20A service. I've never had any trouble plugging in our old trailer that used 30A, but I never really overtaxed the power either. I could run the A/C and vacuum at the same time and nothing bad would happen.
Now with our larger 5er (50A) we have three A/C units. If I accidentally have two or more of them turned on, it will trip the breaker immediately. I've even blown the surge protector that I used to plug into.
So can you run your A/C? Sure. You can definitely run one. Can you run more than one A/C. My experience says no. You also probably can't run the microwave and one A/C at the same time.
I live outside of L.A. and our last trailer only had one ducted A/C unit. It worked like a champ and I was never really sorry that we only had one. Our new rig is much larger (longer & taller), so we have way more cubic feet to cool. I'm glad we have the three units now.
I don't know where you're shopping and whether it's starting to get hot there or not, but crank up the A/Cs on the coaches you're looking at and judge for yourself whether they cool it down enough or not.
