50 amp RV service recepticle
I'm getting ready to put a 50 receptacle for our new (to us) 5th wheel. We have always had 30 amp 5th wheels before and just used a 20 amp adapters in the barn and watched what we ran. Today I bought ...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:Big Katuna wrote:
If you want to save money you can wire it to 30A instead of 50A. Dual feed still.
You can run both acs and fridge etc. You never get anywhere near 50A even with everything on.
If you have a 50A RV and you are starting out fresh on your wiring project WHY would you go half AZZ with 30A???
"Dual feed" what is that? 30A is one hot, one neutral and one ground all 10GA wires.
30A you get ONE 30A leg. 50A you get two 50A legs. 100 usable amps VS 30, no brainer to me. Worth the few extra bucks just for home value increase.
He means a normal 50 amp installation, but using a dual 30 amp breaker instead of a 50 amp breaker, allowing a smaller wire size. I agree the material savings would hardly be worth it, and would only recommend it when the service panel load capacity is a factor.
