If possible, another place to plug in is your son's clothes washer. It should be on a dedicated 20 amp circuit.
But the voltage drop problem will continue until cord wire size is increased.
As others suggested, get a decent sized extension cord, such as a 10 guage. As enblethen suggested, you could plug into your son's clothes washer circut (when the machine is not in use).
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I'm currently behind an art gallery where I will be working tomorrow. They have a 15 amp circuit for me to use--so I ran a cord directly to my converter--and am running the RV from my inverter. No risk of overload that way. It makes the RV batteries into a giant UPS system.
Of course, it means I am limited to the wattage on my inverter--and I can't "do it forever" as the converter has to recharge the batteries. But it works very well for avoiding "temporary" overloads.
If you don't have access to your converter--try using a large heavy duty battery charger instead?
Enjoy the time with your brother!
etrippe wrote: We are currently just north of San Fran and plugged into my brothers house w/ a fifty foot 15amp extension cord. we are here for a month. we are using electricity very carefully, one appliance at a time, minimal lights etc etc. We are however living here watching tv cooking food. It does get cold at night and I have been using an electric heater. Once in awhile I trip a overload circuit and if I do nothing after a few minutes the power does come back. It has happened while cooking and last night it happened in the middle of the night w/ only the heater on.
My question is, what is popping and am I doing any damage to anything. Should I stop using the big draw appliances, microwave and electric heater? Remember never do I use them together.
The frig and water heater are set to propane only. I do have 2 6 volt batteries.
Also any suggestions on my setup?
thanks in advance
Regards, Don
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For 50 feet of extension cord to deliver most of that 15 amps of power to your trailer, it should be 10 AWG. If it is less than that it could be a fire hazard as well as possibly causing damage to your converter.
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