30 AMP breaker question
Sorry but I just have to ask. Realistically what would happen if I were to replace the 30 amp circuit breaker in the MH with a 35 or 40 amp breaker?
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Old-Biscuit wrote:Kiwi_too wrote:
If you were to use a 30 to 50 amp dogbone to connect to 50 amp, you could pull more power than the lines are capable of. Fire.
That dog bone adapter only connects one hot leg of the 50A receptacle.
Main 30A breaker in rig panel would trip IF overloaded.
The OP's question was what would happen if he replaced the main breaker in the motorhome with a breaker with a higher value.
Yes,,the adaptor would use one of the 50 amps legs, so if the OP put a 40 amp main breaker in the motorhome then it would draw that much power through wiring sized for 30 amp. Not likely to happen as its pretty hard to find single pole breakers higher than 30 amp.
