Plug 50 AMP into 30AMP
If you have a Motorhome that is set up with 50 amp and you can only find a camp with 30 AMP can you plug into it? Will it cause a problem with the electrical system>
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VintageRacer wrote:
50 amp service gives you two legs of 120 VAC at 50 amps each, so you have the option of 240 VAC if you have a residential stove-top or dryer, and you have access to 100 amps of 120 VAC. 30 amp service is one leg of 120 VAC at 30 amps, so you have less than a third of the possible power. The adaptor will send the 120 VAC to both legs of the 50 amp cord so any 240 VAC appliances will not work. 30 amps is good for one normal RV airconditioner. There is another possible alternative - if there is a 20 amp plug as well as the 30 amp plug you can probably use both, and get up to 50 amps of 120 VAC, but you need to have built in the ability to separate things. There may be an adaptor that you could buy that would let you connect the 20 amp and 30 amp plugs to your 50 amp cord. You still won't get 240 VAC.
Brian
This reply is probably confusing for the OP.
Also doubt many rigs have any 240 volt appliances.
