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highlife4me
Explorer
Jun 10, 2018

Remove 50amp genset and replace with 50 shore power

Since I have a 96 class A with a 30 amp service but a 50 amp genset that would run both AC units. I would like to remove the generator and wire in a 50 amp shoreline so I can run everything. Does anyo...
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Dutch_12078
Explorer III
Jun 10, 2018
2oldman wrote:
highlife4me wrote:
Onan Marquis 7000 watt generator
Thanks. According to specs, that's not the same thing as 50a service. 50a is two hots each of 50a for a total of 100a.

That's just a big regular generator. I think Mr Wizard said the same thing.

The Marquis 7000 has two windings, one feeding a 30 amp breaker, and the other feeding a 20 amp breaker. I expect that leads to the "50 amp" confusion. Onan's Emerald Plus 5500 even has a large "50 amp" sticker on the front. :)

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