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Originally Posted by RVBuff
To wmtire etal...An afterthought: You will notice this thing has 15-amp connectors, and you may wonder how I had it in line with my 30-amp shore connection. I just used 15/30 amp adapters both in and out.
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Got you on the adapters. But this now brings up something else since you showed that. Have you tested "anything" again since turning on the A/C at the specific outlet you plugged the inline tester into? My thought now is since you stated you are using adapters...is where did you do the test at (home or campground), and could you possibly have tripped a circuit breaker when you turned on the energy hog Air conditioner.
I wouldn't think it would be as easy as you had no 120 volt AC entering the RV after turning on the Air conditioner via a tripped circuit breaker..... but you would get zero amperage.
Your lights and other DC stuff would continue to work in the RV, as long as you had a charged battery, but you would get no 120 volt AC (or AC amperage) if you tripped a circuit breaker while testing the air conditioner.
There are also several points that could have failed (adapters, wiring inside tester, etc) when using the air conditioner since the a/c is usually on a 20 amp circuit breaker just by itself.... and you may have the tester built for 15 amps max.