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GatsbysCruise
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Wayne wrote on Thu, 29 August 2019 22:42My original roof ac draws so much current (shore power) it will melt the
motorhome to shore power line adapter. I tried the fan only on all 3 speeds
for 10 min each and no problem. Then I turned the ac on lowest setting for 5 min and the adaprer prongs were too hot to touch.
Is there a quick cheep fix or am I wasting my time?
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The RV roamers are going through this now. They tend to try to run AC from their solar systems.
The roof top AC is a general PIG for POWER. Mine was the highest amp accessory that the RV had and I also
melted those plugs. One guys answer is to replace the plug every year.
There is not much you can do to an existing unit to reduce the power demand, it is built into the unit.
I think the amps are from 9 to 13amps that they DEMAND, that more than the microwave, which is my second highest
power demand.
heck my Norcold frige on 120vac is only about 3-4 amps.
You might try looking around to see if the manufacturers have smartened up and designed some more efficient
less load demanding AC roof units. It's probably not likely because there is no money in it for them.
They sell the watt busters because there is nothing else for the RVer to get.'
What the RVers in the Solar community are doing, and it won't work for us, is they are getting window AC units
that run about 4 amps, a low enough load demand that the Solar system can handle. The problem is how do you
mount that type of AC unit in an RV like the GMC??? It would be quite an effort to make one work for us, and
it can be done but most don't have the time or energy to want to do that.
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