Got really hot here at the Texas Coastal Bend yesterday. Outdoor thermometer shows 90 degrees.
Enjoying the cool air conditioning when we lost AC power -- first time that's happened to us in the LM 365. Checked everything including the purge protector at the RV park's pole -- no indications what happened so I just turned the 50 amp breakers off and back on at the pole.
About ten minutes later, we lost AC power again. This time, I did a quick assessment of what we were drawing off that 50 amp connection. L1 was at 119 volts and L2 was at 116.
Load demand?
Two of the three ACs were running.
Dishwater was running.
Both the washer and dryer were running.
Residential style frig was running.
DC charger was running.
AND the DW was trying to run her hairdryer.
In the heat of the day, there was probably a bit of a brown out on the electrical system to the park as well since most folks were running their ACs full blast.
My lesson from this is that I learned the EMS can only do so much when it comes to managing and/or shedding the load and you still have to be aware of the demand you're putting on the system. The surge protector and EMS did their jobs and protected the system.
:)
Enjoying the cool air conditioning when we lost AC power -- first time that's happened to us in the LM 365. Checked everything including the purge protector at the RV park's pole -- no indications what happened so I just turned the 50 amp breakers off and back on at the pole.
About ten minutes later, we lost AC power again. This time, I did a quick assessment of what we were drawing off that 50 amp connection. L1 was at 119 volts and L2 was at 116.
Load demand?
Two of the three ACs were running.
Dishwater was running.
Both the washer and dryer were running.
Residential style frig was running.
DC charger was running.
AND the DW was trying to run her hairdryer.
In the heat of the day, there was probably a bit of a brown out on the electrical system to the park as well since most folks were running their ACs full blast.
My lesson from this is that I learned the EMS can only do so much when it comes to managing and/or shedding the load and you still have to be aware of the demand you're putting on the system. The surge protector and EMS did their jobs and protected the system.
:)