| [GMCnet] Coach Batteries [message #260161] |
Tue, 26 August 2014 20:21  |
glwgmc
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Registered: June 2004
Karma:
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We were in the full hookup RV park behind the three event buildings in space E22. They only recently added those full hookup sites to the fair complex. Very nice, lots of sites and just like a normal upscale RV park except the spaces do not have large patio separation as they are designed for the event participants. We were in our 78 Royale (cream white with a burgundy stripe). Hope to catch you at the next one.
This battery, load and inverter thing is becoming quite interesting. If you say my post earlier today I was fighting what I thought was a battery capacity issue (is a 460 amp hour bank in the Royale) or a wiring issue (I wound up changing out all the battery interconnect cables to 00 size with soldered connectors) or an inverter issue (I changed out a perfectly good KISMIE 2000 watt pure sine wave inverter for a more expensive Xantrax SW 2000) only to find out the real issue was the microwave manufacturer (Panasonic) drastically under rated the amp draw on their inverter microwave units. What the plate showed as a 12.5 amp draw was really a 17 amp draw that eventually reached 12.5 amps after the microwave was on for over three hours and that is why my system would not run that inverter and why I was seeing a large voltage sag.
I don't know how a manufacturer could get that past UL. Obviously they wanted the consumer to think it was fine to plug into a 15 amp wall plug and did not want to be saddled with the 20 amp plug that should have been on that unit. I guess they thought many 15 amp breakers would hold the 17 amps draw long enough to pop popcorn or whatever people normally do with such units. And, they must of thought the cord and 15 amp plug they put on the microwave would reject the resistance heat long enough not to burn someones house down, but man, that just makes no sense to me. I could have saved a lot of money and aggravation if I had known that the plate on the microwave was bogus. It would have been lots cheaper to buy a Sharp convection microwave that is properly rated to replace the Panasonic bogus rated unit.
Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed and hand crafted in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building in historic Kerby, OR
Visitors always welcome!
glwork@mac.com
http://jerrywork.com
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That wouldn't have been you we missed would it?
Hal
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Jerry & Sharon Work
78 Royale
Kerby, OR
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