House hookup

I got my computer running half way - and we are back in Florida. Right now, we are setup in Thonotosassa and will go home tomorrow. We have been on the road 5 months and three weeks. :)

Holy crapoli! Carl is back in the land of the living....

paulcardoza wrote:
Every one of these home power plug threads turns into a s**t show! The OP needs to print out the diagrams and instructions from the links posted at the top of the thread, hand it to their electrician and make 100% certain he reads it.

Make sure they are crystal clear they are not installing a 240V clothes dryer plug!

And check the voltage with a meter before plugging the camper in.

Every one of these home power plug threads turns into a s**t show! The OP needs to print out the diagrams and instructions from the links posted at the top of the thread, hand it to their electrician and make 100% certain he reads it.

Make sure they are crystal clear they are not installing a 240V clothes dryer plug!

Old-Biscuit wrote:

joebedford wrote:
30A = hot, neutral & ground. I suppose if you put the neutral on the other phase you could get 240V but why would anyone do that? Put a double-pole breaker in instead of a single pole? I guess if you're paying your 'electrician' with beer, don't pay until the job is done.

Correct JOE
A 30A RV servce is one hot, one neutral, one ground 120V AC

Unfortunately many 30A services are used for 240V AC welders, dryers, electric ranges in the residential world. One that most electricians are familiar with.
So when contracted to wire a 30A service they naturally think 240AC
Two hots and one neutral.

Same number of wires but wrong hooked up for an RV service.

That is where you and the electricians get confused...assuming they know what they do.

Where as 50A is 4 wires ALWAYS


Anyone having a 30A RV service installation should always confirm with a meter that it is wired 120V AC vs 240V AC

Exactly!

Ah, thanks.

joebedford wrote:
30A = hot, neutral & ground. I suppose if you put the neutral on the other phase you could get 240V but why would anyone do that? Put a double-pole breaker in instead of a single pole? I guess if you're paying your 'electrician' with beer, don't pay until the job is done.

Correct JOE
A 30A RV servce is one hot, one neutral, one ground 120V AC

Unfortunately many 30A services are used for 240V AC welders, dryers, electric ranges in the residential world. One that most electricians are familiar with.
So when contracted to wire a 30A service they naturally think 240AC
Two hots and one neutral.

Same number of wires but wrong hooked up for an RV service.

That is where you and the electricians get confused...assuming they know what they do.

Where as 50A is 4 wires ALWAYS


Anyone having a 30A RV service installation should always confirm with a meter that it is wired 120V AC vs 240V AC

30A = hot, neutral & ground. I suppose if you put the neutral on the other phase you could get 240V but why would anyone do that? Put a double-pole breaker in instead of a single pole? I guess if you're paying your 'electrician' with beer, don't pay until the job is done.

Old-Biscuit wrote:

joebedford wrote:

Mandalay Parr wrote:
If you decide on either a 30 or 50 amp, I strongly suggest to hire an electrician to do it properly and to code.

30A is easy. Definitely get a real electrician for 50A.

30A is where everybody screws up and wires it 240V....even the 'real' electricians

had a real electrician wire my 30 amp plug. told him several times it was a 30A 120V plug. he wired it 240. plugged in while he was still here, blew my inverter and smoked my tv. luckily all I had to do was replace the inverter and tv. after he wired it 120v everything worked again. my dad, not an electrician, wired a outlet for me at his house and it works perfect.

My 30A at my house was wired incorrectly by the electrician. Glad I had it double checked before I plugged in the camper.