50 Amp Usage Question

dodge guy wrote:

Bobbo wrote:

dodge guy wrote:
To call it a 240V outlet for RV use is wrong. Someone may make a big mistake! There are 2 separate 120V legs, 1 Neutral and 1 ground. At no point do they make 240V unless you install that type of breaker in the panel and run 240 off of that.

This is (almost) entirely wrong. It is not "a 240V outlet for RV use." It is a standard 4 pin 240v dryer/stove outlet that we just happen to be plugging an RV into.

Every 4 pin 240V outlet is "2 separate 120V legs, 1 Neutral and 1 ground." EVERY ONE. Whether it is powering an RV, a stove, a dryer, or anything else.

To say "{a}t no point do they make 240V unless you install that type of breaker in the panel and run 240 off of that" is the only true statement in your quote. However, you don't realize that saying that you get 240V by installing a 240V breaker in the RV, you are admitting that the feed TO the RV is, indeed, 240V. The breaker feeding the pedestal IS a standard 240V breaker.

You will be correct if you say that the 50 amp outlet is a 120v/240v outlet but most (not all) RV's only utilize it as 2 separate 120v circuits.

You are apparently not understanding the difference between how the power is supplied, and how the power is utilized.

I think you are not understanding. We are talking RV’s here, not home 240V appliances.

No. We are not talking RV's here. We are talking outlets. It makes no difference, at all, what will be plugged into the outlet. What you plug in to the outlet determines how that outlet's power will be used. However, the outlet is still the same, regardless. It is 120v/240v.

dodge guy wrote:
It’s not 240 if you measure each leg to the Neutral! For the life of me I don’t understand how you guys can be so stubborn. An RV is 120V period, and that is how the RV is wired. Anyone that says they have a 240V RV is just a little off. :R I don’t care if the outlet adds up to 240V. This is an RV forum, not Home Repair .net.
I’m done wasting my time. You guys can give out false info all you want. I certainly feel sorry for the first person that wires up there RV outlet for 240V.

It is 240v if you measure L1 to L2. That is exactly the point. There is 240v available if the item plugged in requires it. It is what you plug in that determines whether it is used as a pair of 120v or a single 240v power source, but, either way, 240v is available. I agree that MOST rv's have no 240v appliances. Is your assertion that the outlet is not 240v valid for those RV's that DO have a 240v appliance?

Your statement:

dodge guy wrote:
An RV is 120V period, and that is how the RV is wired.

Shows that you don't understand the conversation. WE are talking about outlet wiring. YOU are talking about RV wiring. The two are completely different conversations.

dodge guy wrote:
For the life of me I don’t understand how you guys can be so stubborn.

Now, THIS is absolutely funny. WE are not the ones being stubborn. We are right. Do a little research. Look up NEMA 14-50R outlet wiring. Learn something.