BEFORE YOU BLOW YOUR BREAKER!
Take a minute and see how many AMPS you could be using in your RV's 30 or 50 amp electrical systems. It's surprising how fast the amps add up which causes your breaker or the resort's reaker to trip. Kinowing the amperage of all the electrical appliances in your RV can help you manage electrical use and prevent the inconvenience of:
"MY ELECTRICITY WENT OUT!"
The following is a list of the typical appliances used and the average amps required to operate them:
Air conditioner-15,000 BTU 12.5 amps
Hand Vacuum 2 amps
Refrigerator 2.7 amps
Electric Frying Pan 10 amps
Electric Water Heater-8 gallons 12.5 amps
Iron 10 amps
Microwave Oven 12.8 amps
Food Processor 6 amps
Electric Coffee Pot 9 amps
Crock Pot 1.5 amps
Toaster 10 amps
Heating Pad .5 amps
Hair Dryer 10 amps
110 Watt Heater 10 amps
TV 2 amps
In the morning-if you start your air conditioner and the hot water heater is on, and then you start your coffee pot, make some toast and watch TV-you're pulling 55 amps with all of these appliances operating at maximum. If you also cook some bacon in the microwave at the same time, LOOK OUT! Many RV's have a switch so you can only run the microwave OR the water heater at one time, but some RV's do not have this feature.
Most electrical products show how many watts or amps it takes to operate the appliance printed on the product itself or in the instruction manual. If it shows the watts, divide the watts by 120 (volts) and that gives you the amps. To get the watts, multiply the amps by the 120 (volts).
