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buck_n_duck
Explorer
Jul 19, 2018

Help please. Putting in a 50 amp service at home.

I am installing a 50amp service at my house. By looking around on the internerwebs it looks like you use a double pole breaker just like you were putting in a 220v outlet. Is this correct? Does the c...
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garyp4951
Explorer III
Jul 19, 2018
Roadpilot wrote:
The outlet that electricians often wire wrong is the 30 amp outlet, which in a house is often 220 vac for dryers, welders etc. In an RV it's 120 vac.

As Scott said a 50 amp RV outlet is the same as a stove outlet. I can't recall any electricians miss-wiring this common outlet.


X2, I have wired many dryer outlets, and forgot when wiring my 30amp RV, and fried the converter in 10 seconds. Lesson learned the hard way.

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