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Forum: General Hi-Lo camper discussion

03-18-2018, 10:59 PM

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what size generator for a/c

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Posted By KnottyRig

I finally did some reading up on soft starts. ...

I finally did some reading up on soft starts.

Turns out they're generally a switching power supply-some thing used by your laptop today.

Most of us are familiar with transformers-those...

Forum: General Hi-Lo camper discussion

03-17-2018, 10:24 PM

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what size generator for a/c

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Posted By KnottyRig

Double male plugs are dead-man makers. You see...

Double male plugs are dead-man makers. You see one of those walk the other way.

Dual-gennies have special adapters to balance the load/throughput. To be honest I've never read up on how they...

Forum: General Hi-Lo camper discussion

03-17-2018, 10:23 PM

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what size generator for a/c

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Forum: General Hi-Lo camper discussion

03-12-2018, 10:21 PM

Replies: 43

what size generator for a/c

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Posted By KnottyRig

Its been *decades* since I installed a hard start...

Its been *decades* since I installed a hard start kit. They *used* to be just a piggyback cap. I'm sure there's all sorts of new microprocessor-controlled start systems now.

I could see having a...

Forum: General Hi-Lo camper discussion

03-12-2018, 09:44 PM

Replies: 43

what size generator for a/c

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Posted By KnottyRig

Keystone- I'm assuming thats 2200w peak? As...

Keystone- I'm assuming thats 2200w peak?

As I understand, the general rule w/even AC is you need a gen that can do 2kw run, not peak.

Your HiLo AC being both old engineering and aged is likely...

Forum: General Hi-Lo camper discussion

11-15-2017, 10:14 PM

Replies: 43

what size generator for a/c

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Posted By KnottyRig

Astro those numbers fit the range of typical car...

Astro those numbers fit the range of typical car starter motors (reduction-gear starters tend to draw a bit less). Above 150 amps would indicate a potential problem. This is why a battery is required...

Forum: General Hi-Lo camper discussion

11-13-2017, 09:14 AM

Replies: 43

what size generator for a/c

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Posted By KnottyRig

I’ll play along Bruce (just for fun:D ) at our...

I’ll play along Bruce (just for fun:D ) at our shop we had a set of HUGE cables, like 000 gauge (about 1/3” of copper wire inside), and they were about 20’ long (so easy to jump any car from...

Forum: General Hi-Lo camper discussion

11-12-2017, 11:40 PM

Replies: 43

what size generator for a/c

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Posted By KnottyRig

Electric current don't care *where* the current...

Electric current don't care *where* the current comes from. If a device tries to draw a given current, that current will try to come through ANY wire connected to that circuit.

You may have been...

Forum: General Hi-Lo camper discussion

11-11-2017, 09:47 PM

Replies: 43

what size generator for a/c

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Posted By KnottyRig

Tow Vehicle (your pickup/suv, etc)

Tow Vehicle (your pickup/suv, etc)

Forum: General Hi-Lo camper discussion

11-11-2017, 08:49 PM

Replies: 43

what size generator for a/c

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Posted By KnottyRig

Rich - while the TV can't add much current...

Rich - while the TV can't add much current (because of the wire limitations), it's possible for the camper to try to draw that current anyway, and either blow the fuse (or worse) overload some wire...

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