Stepping down 50 or 30 amp service to 15 amp service Discussion ThreadStepping down 50 or 30 amp service to 15 amp service Electrical Advice
My knowledge of power is basic, but the answer I've received goes against my understanding. I have a Jackery solar 'generator'. On the side of the device it says, "AC 100V-120V 15 A MAX". One use I have for the device is to use it in my little camper. On occasion I may be in an actual campground. All campgrounds I've ever been in have either 50 amp or 30 amp service. So, I wrote Jackery and specifically asked, "Can I charge the Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 on 30 amp service?" They wrote back, "You won't be able to since the maximum input is 15 A." I am puzzled. I thought a device would only pull the amperage it could use. That it wouldn't matter if I plugged it into 100 amp service; it would only draw 15 amps if that is the maximum it could use. Is my understanding wrong? If not, why would an electronics company place such a warning on their device? I don't want to destroy an $800 device by plugging it into a 30 amp service. If 15 amps is indeed the maximum I can input to the device then how do I go about stepping down the service from 50 or 30 amps to 15 amps?
Thanks in advance,
Andrew
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My knowledge of power is basic, but the answer I've received goes against my understanding. I have a Jackery solar 'generator'. On the side of the device it says, "AC 100V-120V 15 A MAX". One use I have for the device is to use it in my little camper. On occasion I may be in an actual campground. All campgrounds I've ever been in have either 50 amp or 30 amp service. So, I wrote Jackery and specifically asked, "Can I charge the Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 on 30 amp service?" They wrote back, "You won't be able to since the maximum input is 15 A." I am puzzled. I thought a device would only pull the amperage it could use. That it wouldn't matter if I plugged it into 100 amp service; it would only draw 15 amps if that is the maximum it could use. Is my understanding wrong? If not, why would an electronics company place such a warning on their device? I don't want to destroy an $800 device by plugging it into a 30 amp service. If 15 amps is indeed the maximum I can input to the device then how do I go about stepping down the service from 50 or 30 amps to 15 amps?
Thanks in advance,
Andrew
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