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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Here's the concept for you.
Go to your electrical panel and note the size of the main breaker. A good many of you will find it's 200A. Now add up all the amperage of the breakers in the panel. You could get anywhere from 300 to 400 amps. How is that possible? It's all considered potential and the whole system is based on the premis that you will never have all the circuits loaded to their full capacity, but if you did the main will trip.
That's the issue with all the 50s on the 30A sites.
Go to your electrical panel and note the size of the main breaker. A good many of you will find it's 200A. Now add up all the amperage of the breakers in the panel. You could get anywhere from 300 to 400 amps. How is that possible? It's all considered potential and the whole system is based on the premis that you will never have all the circuits loaded to their full capacity, but if you did the main will trip.
That's the issue with all the 50s on the 30A sites.
