RV park power outages

[ARICE]

Originally Posted by TitanMike

Get enough people running the AutoFormers and the voltage problem in the park can get worse. Yes, YOU get the higher voltage but in order to get it, your AutoFormer draws more current. Wattage in will always equal wattage out less whatever inefficiencies in the Autoformer. To get the same wattage in as the output, current HAS to increase if voltage is low. More current in the park system and more voltage drop in their distribution system.

As more and more people buy larger and larger RV's with multiple A/C units and parks get older and older with undersized power distribution systems, Low Voltage will become more common. Of course if they "blow a transformer" then the power company will install a larger replacement and things might get better.

I've stopped in some parks that have "No AutoFormers allowed" and also "No Electric Heaters" in their Park Rules. Usually older parks in out of the way locations with some pretty beat up power outlets.

That's a 100kw unit in the picture so probably all is/was good😁😁

[TitanMike]

Originally Posted by AbdRahim

Where can you get it these days?

My local Walmart sells it. A quick Google lookup will usually show where. Most large cities have a "plant" or large distributors.

Back when phone books were everywhere you could find an outlet in the yellow pages.

Around me a lot of welding supply stores sell it.

[AbdRahim]

Wow. Thanks folks. I haven't seen dry ice in 45 years. I remember ?Dad used to get it when I was a kid. Don't remember from where. This is good to know.

[D W]

I use dry ice regularly. In the Pacific Northwest, Canada and Alaska it is readily available at Fred Meyer, Walmart and some Safeways. You can also find it at AIRGAS and PRAXAIR dealerships as well as truck-stops.

Caution must be exercised with dry ice! Not only will it instantly freeze human flesh, it is also an oxygen displacing compound when it off gases. The higher the humidity the more it will off gas. Allowing it to off gas in a confined living space (without ventilation), it can lead to asphyxiation. In an RV refrigerator use it only in the freezer otherwise it will freeze everything in the fridge.

[Larry-NC]

Originally Posted by D W

I use dry ice regularly. In the Pacific Northwest, Canada and Alaska it is readily available at Fred Meyer, Walmart and some Safeways. You can also find it at AIRGAS and PRAXAIR dealerships as well as truck-stops.

Caution must be exercised with dry ice! Not only will it instantly freeze human flesh, it is also an oxygen displacing compound when it off gases. The higher the humidity the more it will off gas. Allowing it to off gas in a confined living space (without ventilation), it can lead to asphyxiation. In an RV refrigerator use it only in the freezer otherwise it will freeze everything in the fridge.

Good point. More simply stated, "Dry Ice" is really solid, frozen Carbon Dioxide, CO2. It is heavier than air and will fill a closed trailer from the bottom up as it transitions ("melts") from the solid state directly to the gaseous state. (At normal atmospheric pressure, there is no liquid state.)

Your cat or dog might suffocate on the floor while you are fine at the table. Dangerous for workers in pits, etc.

Larry