220V circuit for electric dryer
Hello, I have been looking at Class A coaches and a number of the new RVs have a stacked washer and dryer. The Ariston are fine with the 110V outlet, but if there were a 220V circuit, the apartmen...
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In 1973 I was an engineer at Thetford. The GMC motorhome was introduced. They were all built with for a 50 amp (14-50) service. It was widely believed that all campgrounds would be going this way and the simple reasons were that coaches were getting bigger and needed more A/C and things like microwaves were being installed.
Well, flash forward 40 years and they were wrong. I would have thought that for the cost of the extra copper, no park builder would limit to 30 amp. I am wrong, I have even been in newer parks that only have 15 amp (R6-15) at the site and not even 20(R6-20) and yes, they are different.
There were some GMCs that went for other upfitters that are only 30. Some have been retro fitted to 30 with another 15/20 cable for another A/C unit. I was told that this was because it was too difficult to wrestle that 50 amp cable. I don't have a problem with it.
I did talk to one owner that was under the impression that if he wired the sites for 50, he would need to have a meter for each site. Well, Edison also sold the light bulbs, so he used to bill based on the bulbs you owned. Then he invented an accumulating watt hour meter for billing.
Matt
Well, flash forward 40 years and they were wrong. I would have thought that for the cost of the extra copper, no park builder would limit to 30 amp. I am wrong, I have even been in newer parks that only have 15 amp (R6-15) at the site and not even 20(R6-20) and yes, they are different.
There were some GMCs that went for other upfitters that are only 30. Some have been retro fitted to 30 with another 15/20 cable for another A/C unit. I was told that this was because it was too difficult to wrestle that 50 amp cable. I don't have a problem with it.
I did talk to one owner that was under the impression that if he wired the sites for 50, he would need to have a meter for each site. Well, Edison also sold the light bulbs, so he used to bill based on the bulbs you owned. Then he invented an accumulating watt hour meter for billing.
Matt
