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Billy Bob
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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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2011 Visa 23RBK pulled with 2010 Nissan Titan. 12.5 MPG when towing.
The Most Beautiful Thing In Life Is The Ability To love. www.BillyAdeliza.homestead.com |
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Lissie
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You can blow out your a/c unit on home current.
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Lissie
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clevispin
Groupie Joined: 19 Aug 2009 Location: Collinsville IL Status: Offline Points: 81 |
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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. Tom |
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Billy Bob
Senior Member Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Location: Humble, Texas Status: Offline Points: 272 |
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If I am not seriously mistaken, it is a 11,000 BTU unit. Takes about 9 amps to run.
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2011 Visa 23RBK pulled with 2010 Nissan Titan. 12.5 MPG when towing.
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tabkld93
Senior Member Joined: 22 May 2009 Location: Union, KY Status: Offline Points: 565 |
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According to the current online brochure, the AC is 13,500
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Todd, Karen & Leah
'13 Surveyor 240 '12 Ford F150 EcoBoost Former owner of 2010 R-Pod 172 |
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Butterfly_Lee
Senior Member Joined: 02 Jun 2009 Location: Corpus Christi Status: Offline Points: 1131 |
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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)
Lee
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Still a work in progress, lots of pictures.
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