Running a 50amp line to plug into
I recently got rid of a hot tub on my deck that saw no use. I have a 50 amp breaker for it in my panel. I checked the two hot legs at disconnect were hot tub was and have 240v,120v from each hot to g...
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azdryheat wrote:
Your house 50 amp is different than an RV 50 amp. Your house runs two hot leads and a ground while the RV runs two hots, a neutral, and a ground. What an RV circuit actually is is two 120 volt separate circuits. Nothing in your RV requires the 240 volts your house delivers. You RV only needs 120 volts. Your RV fuse box will be divided into two separate 110 circuits.
Not at all true. 50 amp RV service is identical to house service save for the size of the circuit breaker. Mains in a house are often 150-250 amps. not 50. but all the same wires
Hot/Neutral/Hot and Safety ground are all present in exactly the same configuration.. NO DIFFERENCE at all. Not one bit.
The only difference worth mentioning is that the breaker panel in the RV is wired as a SUB panel.. Not a "Main" panel.. but this too can be done in a house. I had a "Sub" panel in my garage for example.
