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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pianotuna wrote:
Hi Western,
I missed that post. I'm gob smacked that the difference is only $2. 3600 vs 12000 watts.......
Also because I'm in a 30 amp unit I added auxiliary shore power cords to run heaters and the like during the winter. I use a break out box with one 30 (L1) and two 20 amp breakers (L2). My peak load is 7000 watts and probably the average is 5000.
Keep in mind, he's talking about "average". If it's really hot out, an individual unit for a day could be 3-4 times as much but on a cool weekend where the air/con never gets used, it might be $0.20 more for a 50amp rig.
The "crack down" is really about those busy weekends when it's hot and everyone's air/con is running pretty much continuously.
If you are running a separate extension cord thru a window, it's pretty obvious to the owner, that you are using extra power, so if there is an issue, they can easily trace the issue.
We've done that trick for an extra space heater on a separate extension cord to the 20amp pedestal outlet but it's usually not a big issue for two reasons. 1) most parks are not at capacity when it's cold. 2) resistance heaters don't have the startup spike.
