Crack Down on 50 Amp Rigs Using 30 Amp Sites
I don't know how long this has been going on but I learned today that some RV parks including the Washington/Pittsbugh KOA I had booked has a policy that if your rig has 50 amp service, you can't use ...
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rk911 wrote:
you can't use any power beyond the limits of the circuit...in this case 30-amps. if I were to try and run both ACs, the microwave and more the post circuit breaker would trip.
Actually you can, for a time ... breakers are timed delayed according to temperature so a 30 amp breaker will in fact pass far more than just 30 amps for a time and will not instantly trip at that threshold. Repeat this scenario enough times and eventually the breaker will need to be replaced - yet another cost for the campground just because dummies insist on abusing the system. Restricting 50 amps rigs with dogbones from 30 amp sites solves this problem.
