BUT it is limited to 15 amps. so if you exceed that you will likely fry it. Use only the AC with it, and you might as well plan on buying a replacement.
Its fun to plug your camper into the device and the device into your home outlet.. you will see that even with everything turned off, there is still some power usage. It comes from the converter overhead, battery charging, and perhaps other phantom loads such as an added propane detector or the like.
I forgot about the 15 amp limit. Don't try the big draw items in combination - read their labels. The Scamp installed AC unit on our '06 16 ft has a 15 amp breaker. It has never tripped so obviously it doesn't exceed that even on start-up. It will start and run with an adequately wired 1000 watt inverter. I tried just out of curiosity.
RE: "The Scamp installed AC unit on our '06 16 ft has a 15 amp breaker. It has never tripped so obviously it doesn't exceed that even on start-up. "
Technically you can be almost certain that this is an incorrect statement. See THIS. They are talking about using generators but the principal still applies.
I know that Scamp used 15 amp breakers for AC units in the past, but in my Scamp at least , Scamp installed a 20 amp breaker for the AC as the AC manufacture specifies.
Its a handy device, I have one..
BUT it is limited to 15 amps. so if you exceed that you will likely fry it. Use only the AC with it, and you might as well plan on buying a replacement.
Its fun to plug your camper into the device and the device into your home outlet.. you will see that even with everything turned off, there is still some power usage. It comes from the converter overhead, battery charging, and perhaps other phantom loads such as an added propane detector or the like.
I forgot about the 15 amp limit. Don't try the big draw items in combination - read their labels. The Scamp installed AC unit on our '06 16 ft has a 15 amp breaker. It has never tripped so obviously it doesn't exceed that even on start-up. It will start and run with an adequately wired 1000 watt inverter. I tried just out of curiosity.
Lynn
RE: "The Scamp installed AC unit on our '06 16 ft has a 15 amp breaker. It has never tripped so obviously it doesn't exceed that even on start-up. "
Technically you can be almost certain that this is an incorrect statement. See THIS. They are talking about using generators but the principal still applies.
I know that Scamp used 15 amp breakers for AC units in the past, but in my Scamp at least , Scamp installed a 20 amp breaker for the AC as the AC manufacture specifies.
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