50A Idea

DougE wrote:
Lots of weird info being posted here! A modern pedestal is wired with two 120v conductors, 1 neutral conductor and 1 ground conductor. The campground source is feeding each pedestal from another distribution panel and you are not sharing your individual circuit with another pedestal. The pedestal manufacturer has pre-wired breakers for the 50 amp, 30 amp and 20 amp outlets to the 50 amp source connection. So if you use a 50 amp to 30 amp adapter, yes you will be accessing one leg of the 50 amp outlet and usage will be limited to less than 50 amps only by the breakers in the RV.

Another add to the weird info. Actually most rv pedestals are fed from a main breaker (usually 200amp but can be a 320 amp) by 4 wires. In the 200 amp configuration that is normally 4/0 aluminum for both hots and the neutral (undersized neutral is not acceptable in RV park applications per NEMA) The wires are looped from one pedestal to the next. Code allows 7 standard 50 amp pedestals in a 200 amp loop. So yes, the pedestals actually do share the same circuit, which is a 200 amp circuit with each pedestal providing breaker protection for the 50/30/20amp connections.