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When we bought a new clothes dryer, we opted for a gas model instead of the electric one we had. We installed a 30 amp breaker on the 50 amp dryer side. Ran a 10 gage wire down below the box and installed a receptacle that the power cord would plug into. Now whenever the unit is in the driveway, it has it's own dedicated 30 amp supply.
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You can blow out your a/c unit on home current.

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The R-Pod uses a 30 amp service so that the other AC devices in the unit (microwave, DVD player, etc) can all run at the same time. (Note that when in AC mode, the refrig is not operating an AC compressor, it's just heating a little element that circulates the amonia). The AC doesn't use 30 amps by itself.

But ... it's a 13,500 btu AC unit, which means 15 amps is really pushing it. The window AC units that plug into a 15 amp circuit are usually 5000 or 7000 btu. Much smaller. If anything else is in the circuit, it's too much.

I ran a dedicated 20 amp circuit out to where I park the thing. That works fine as long as you don't use the microwave.

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If I am not seriously mistaken, it is a 11,000 BTU unit. Takes about 9 amps to run.
Originally posted by clevispin clevispin wrote:

The R-Pod uses a 30 amp service so that the other AC devices in the unit (microwave, DVD player, etc) can all run at the same time. (Note that when in AC mode, the refrig is not operating an AC compressor, it's just heating a little element that circulates the amonia). The AC doesn't use 30 amps by itself.

But ... it's a 13,500 btu AC unit, which means 15 amps is really pushing it. The window AC units that plug into a 15 amp circuit are usually 5000 or 7000 btu. Much smaller. If anything else is in the circuit, it's too much.

I ran a dedicated 20 amp circuit out to where I park the thing. That works fine as long as you don't use the microwave.

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According to the current online brochure, the AC is 13,500
 
 
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Originally posted by Billy Bob Billy Bob wrote:

If I am not seriously mistaken, it is a 11,000 BTU unit. Takes about 9 amps to run.
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I think they up'ed the BTU's because I'm pretty sure Podterfly is 11,000 BTU, because I check when I was messy around with the generator.  (2010 model brought in july 09 came off the factory line in late june 09) 
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