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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My RV has both 30 and 50 amp shore cords. When I'm on a 30 amp site I actually use a different (30 amp) cord.
Short story
I had a pair of bad breakers (50 amp) on a site I was on finally got the park electrician to put in new ones. They were so hot he wore gloves taking them out of the box and even after he got the box all buttoned up again they were still too hot for me to handle comfortably And trust me that's hot.
The park manager yammered about 50 amp rigs on 30 amp breakers.
Catch 1: These were the 50 amp breakers
Catch 2: He may be an electrician but I'm a Certified Electronics Technician
We now have a new park manager. (Not due to any complaint I filed but well it's a BIG (700+ site) Campground so others did complain).
Short story
I had a pair of bad breakers (50 amp) on a site I was on finally got the park electrician to put in new ones. They were so hot he wore gloves taking them out of the box and even after he got the box all buttoned up again they were still too hot for me to handle comfortably And trust me that's hot.
The park manager yammered about 50 amp rigs on 30 amp breakers.
Catch 1: These were the 50 amp breakers
Catch 2: He may be an electrician but I'm a Certified Electronics Technician
We now have a new park manager. (Not due to any complaint I filed but well it's a BIG (700+ site) Campground so others did complain).
