30 amp to 50 amp conversion?
This has probably been covered, but in my cursory search I didn't see much. I have a Sprinter 311BHS and it has 30A service. I have to do a lot of power management not to trip the breaker. What all...
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myredracer wrote:I'm rarely hooked up to a pedestal. If I am, it's at a casino or a campground close to an event. I have 50 amp service at my house. I know how you Canadians are though--unlimited hydro and everyone still tries to save a watt, lol.westend wrote:
The absence of a 50 amp receptacle at a campground pedestal is not that common anymore and, if encountered, can be dealt with easily using an adaptor.
You must be staying only in high-end CGs...:B The NEC (art. 551) only requires 20% of pedestals to have 50 amp while 30 amps are required at 70% of them.
The NEC requirements are min. and anyone can upgrade from that, but it does add a lot of cost to the initial wiring. The NEC is way behind on keeping up with all the RVs these days with 50 amp services. Same on how wiring size is calculated to each pedestal.
Many of the CGs we stay at are older ones and have maybe 10% (?) or less 50 amps, which I'm guessing is because the NEC requirements decades ago required even fewer 50 amp pedestals.
I agree with your take on campground wiring, it is always suspect IME.
