What can I run with 30amp vs 50amp?

The residential fridge uses a fraction of the power an RV fridge uses. The start up current is very brief and not enough to worry about unless the breaker was already just on the edge. The residential fridge will pull around 1 amp when running, and it only runs about 1/3 of the time.

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brandonrv wrote:
My home is wired with a 30amp outlet. I know there is an adapter, but I"m curious as to how much it can push.

One air, no electric HW, and the resi refer would be fine.

Hi,


You can easily run a residential fridge and one roof air conditioner on 30 amps.

You can run it no problem. It takes no more the four amps an ac takes about 14 plus a bit on startup. You will have plenty of headroom. If you have an Aquahot yes it on diesel though as that is either 11 or 22 depending on one or two electric elements. You will live the residential and the gas fridge still took DC voltage that the convert would make or if on AC used power there too.

If you do a search you will find a lot of discussion on 30 vs 50.

You can run 1 major appliance (i.e. AC, MW, Space heater, elec WH) and if you have an EMS you might get away with 2. Running the fridge at the same time as one of the major appliances should not be a problem. The reason I say SHOULD NOT is because I do not know how many start up amps your AC and fridge require. Look the starting mps up for your appliances. Anything over 30 won't work. If you have 2 major appliances running and the fridge kicks on, you will probably throw the CB.

My travel trailer is wired for 50 Amp, though the only things on the 2nd half of the 50 amp service is the wiring for a 2nd A/C (that isn't installed), my electric water heater and the 12v converter. All other systems run off of the primary half. According to the Progressive EMS I recently installed I pull right at 20 amps running the A/C, the converter and the RV fridge on electric. I still haven't tried my electric water heater so I don't know if it even works or how many amps it draws.

The best way to really find out is to either use something like the Progressive EMS that tells you amp usage or buy an inexpensive ($25) amp meter and check each item one by one. Turn off all the breakers, then turn each one on individually while monitoring your amp meter to see what each draws.