50 amp fiver - 30 amp service
I'm looking to upgrade to a 50 amp 5th wheel and and keep it parked there for the winter. Not sure if my favorite campground has any 50 amps sites available. Would I be OK using the 30 amp service (w...
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TT_Tim wrote:john&bet wrote:
I may be mistaking, but according to the NEC any two circuits using the same neutral the circuit breakers must be tied together. This is so if one trips all power is removed from the circuit. I believe our rv's are a branch circuit from the pedestal/main panel. Just because they make them for sale does not make it the right way to do it. JMHO.
No. For single split phase 240V (120 across each line to neutral) the neutral can be shared and it can feed two separate circuits. If the 2 individual 120v lines - (240v & neutral) feed a single appliance such as an electric range, the CBs must be tied together.
This does not apply anyway, as there are no 240v appliances in RVs.
The statement that there are NO 240V appliances in RVs is an assumption. The fact that both legs of the breaker/breakers of a 50 amp circuit on a RV pedistal are tied to trip together, emphasises the fact that it is the safe/proper way to do things. People circumvent codes and laws all the time to suit themselves, so nothing said here is going to change things. People will continue to do what suites them and their NEEDS.
