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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RobWNY wrote:Yes, you're paying for 30 A service, but that doesn't mean what you think it means.
Seems to me that if I'm paying for 30A or 50A service, I should be allowed to use all of it for the length of my stay. Not 23A or 43A or whatever so everyone within the loop is happy. If this is the case, then they should market these sites as "this is a 30A site but you can only use 23A continuously and 30A momentarily".
A "30 A site" is one with a 30 A outlet. That 30 A is maximum, not average, not continuous. Others know the NEC better than I, but my understanding is that even if the feeder circuit can handle it, a 30 A circuit only supports 24 A continuous (80% of maximum). And, the rules are such that when there are multiple 30 A outlets off a larger feed, they don't all have to be able to simultaneously supply even that.
You're paying for standard 30 A service, which has well defined characteristics which don't allow a continuous 30 A draw. No need for the park to explain that, it's standardized. If you want to draw a continuous 30 A, get the standard 50 A service.
