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How Do Our Piggy-Back Adapters Work?

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Recently, we brought in a new line of innovative adapters: piggy-back adapters. These new adapters offer multiple power solutions for your 1450 outlet and even travel trailer outlets. Let's start with our 1450 class of piggy-back adapters. The male plug end is a NEMA 14-50, most often used with RV campgrounds, high-powered generators, and electric cooking ranges. On the backside of the plug, is a 14-50 outlet with a cover. We offer a variety of connections for the female connector end of these flexible adapters. Be on the lookout for more innovative AC WORKS® adapters such as these in the...

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How to Order the GEKIT01

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Sometimes it’s hard to tell what will be available to power your specific event. You may be organizing a food truck rally, local arts festival, a community fair, or some other event that requires many different appliances or machinery. But how will you power it all? Introducing the AC WORKS® brand GEKIT01, the first multi-purpose “build your own” bundle from AC Connectors. This versatile kit starts with the base products of PD4GF-010, SS2L1430-018, S10301430-018, AD1430L1430, and AD1450L1430. From there you can add on a variety of different extension cords and power distributors. The more you add, the more you save....

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Level Two Charging Complications for Chevy EV's

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If you subscribe to our monthly newsletter, you may have read a little bit about our research on level 2 charging for Chevy electric vehicles. Now, we want to elaborate a little more as we continue our research into such a product. Chevy EVs come with a portable charger to connect to a regular household outlet for a 12 Amp level one charging rate. In order to get a more efficient level 2 charging rate, there are 32 Amp level 2 chargers available, but they are not portable, and they are expensive. Chevy owners have reached out to us saying...

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How Does 1030Y520-036 Work

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For a while now, customers have been reaching out to us trying to adapt their 3-prong dryer outlet for regular household use. Although this was a tricky solution to develop, we can now say that we have an adapter just for you: 1030Y520-036.

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How to Reduce Voltage Drop With AC WORKS® Products

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When you are using equipment with a long extension cord, usually 50ft or longer, the voltage rating can drop since the electricity has a longer than the normal distance to travel. It’s usually not significant with lower wattage or lighter duty appliances, but it is much more noticeable with heavier-duty equipment. To help reduce voltage drop, we created a heavy-duty cable with 12 gauge wire that is normally used with 20 amps and a super duty cable with 10 gauge wire that is normally used with 30 amps. The connections are still just for regular household usage, so the most...

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