New and looking for a generator
Hello everyone. I'm buying my first travel trailer, a Forest River Cherokee Wolf Pup 16BHS. I am planning to do a lot of boondocking, and I want a generator. I want a small portable generator, but I d...
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pianotuna wrote:
I won't be running the roof air at 105 volts. But I do get a 30% boost at 90 volts input. That works out to 117 volts. However as I said earlier in the thread the lowest input voltage I've seen is 100 volts.
I also 'tweaked' the input trigger voltage to cut in at 3 volts higher--so I get my first layer of boost at 113 rather than at 110 volts.
Mine always does a little boost. I think it's 2% but when voltage drops it bumps up by 10%.
30% would seem likely to cause other issues if you aren't careful. If you are drawing 20amp at the RV...you are now drawing around 27-30amp at the pedestal depending on the efficiency of the unit. Typical circuit breakers (particularly old worn out ones) don't like steady draws that high. You could probably run an air/con but if the battery charger or anything else kicks on, you are popping the breaker.
