On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:28:07 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"John H." wrote in message
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(Some RV questions)

BTW John,

If you plan to travel around to different campsites and or RV parks, I
recommend that you carry an inexpensive but accurate voltmeter with you
and check the voltage in one of your 120v outlets with the A/C on. Not
all, but some parks are notorious for having poor, outdated power service
and the voltage tends to droop when they get loaded.
If the voltage drops too much, it can damage your A/C compressor when it
tries to kick on.

When we had our house in Florida, the electrical power service was awful.
Voltage varied all over the place.
To make matters worse, I installed an underground, 30 amp electrical
service out to our RV that ran about 200 feet.
Even though I used a much heavier gauge wire (6 AWG) to compensate for the
run, the voltage at the camper would sometimes drop to 105 vac, sometimes
less when the A/C kicked on.

I purchased one of these to solve the problem and carried it with us in
the RV. If a park's electrical service was poor, I'd use it to keep the
voltage up at our site's service, protecting the A/C unit.

http://www.monstermarketplace.com/Au...ng316a640.html

RV's and TT's are like boats. You simply can't spend enough money on
them.

Eisboch


Here's gadget you guys might find handy.

http://tinyurl.com/5hanzy

It's great for checking power condition; voltage, current being drawn,
voltage frequency, true power, etc. It will even do a cumulative kwH
readout.

Of course it won't do power measurement for appliances that are hard wired,
but works great for any 120V device that plugs in.

I use whenever I get a new device to see exactly what's going on with power
consumption.


Small world. Folks over in the 'other place' Eisboch and I were discussing
were offering the same advice about the same piece of equipment.

Thanks!