Acceptable electrical load
Good afternoon I have recently purchased a 2007 Keystone Cougar 289BHS. I am new to the world of RVs. With this in mind me and my wife are going to be living in the Rv full time. We do not plan on mov...
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BB_TX wrote:pianotuna wrote:
Although RV's are classed as plug in devices and so exempt from the National Electric Code, it is best practise to follow using 80% as the maximum continuous load.
For 15 amp service that is 12 amps
For 20 amp service that is 16 amps
For a 30 amp service that is 24 amps
For a 50 amp service that is 30 amps per leg
Try as best as you can to balance the two legs. Any imbalance is sent back via the Neutral wire.
Actually 80% of 50 is 40 amps.
Thanks for catching the typo! Nice to know some one reads my posts, too.
