Last time, we talked rather abstractly about why a space heater doesn’t draw more power when supply voltage drops. This time, we’re going to talk about it with a real space heater, current and voltage measurements, and a short, poorly produced video (I made it, so I can say so). More pictures and fewer formulas…
Month: February 2017
Electrical Myths, Part 1: My Space Heater’s Plug Gets Hot
Since it’s still winter time, let’s start with one dealing with using a space heater: My RV’s wiring isn’t big enough to handle a space heater. If I plug one in, the heater’s plug gets hot. I should blame the campground, then open the box and hose it down to cool it off. Ok, that…
Electrical Truths and Old Wives’ Tales Explained
As I approach 11 years of RVing, I’ve heard lots of things said about what you should or shouldn’t do, or explanations of a particular problem that have been passed along and accepted as truth. The problem is many of them aren’t much more than Old Wives’ Tales, or are so far removed from the…
Cleaning 240,000 miles and 13 years of dirt off the ceiling
It didn’t look that dirty for the most part when I got it, but I knew it wasn’t the cleanest. The ceiling just had a slight grey hue, and if you took something down (like I did with the kitchen remodel), you could see a definite difference in color. Some of that was yellowing, which…