Electrical question(s)
OK, so I have read where poor electrical (high/low/intermittent voltage) at campgrounds can cause some real problems. I understand that, and the need for surge and low voltage protection. My question(...
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I don't think you will find many CGs that only offer 15/20 amp services unless very old, if any. You could end up in a busy CG with a small % of remaining sites only having 15/20 amps tho.
The current edition of the NEC requires an RV park to have a min. 70% of the services at 30 amps, 20% at 50 amps and the balance at 15/20 amps. The 2002 edition was the same except for requiring only 5% to be at 50 amps. Don't know what the code called for decades ago. I have seen older CGs (60/70s) with all 30 amps along with 15/20 amps but haven't seen a CG yet with predominantly or all 15/20 amp services but maybe there are some out there?
I think older CGs are also more likely to suffer low voltage problems due to the way they wired them up compared to the loop-fed pedestals that are common now. We're at a T/T at the moment in Wa. with an older wiring system and the voltage ranges from 122V at night to 108V in the daytime, and that's with nobody running AC units because it isn't warm enough around here and the CG only a bit over 50% full. I think if a lot of AC units were running and the CG was full, the voltage could get really low here. (Water pressure here is bad too...)
Basically, if you have a choice in CGs to book and want to be able to run your AC(s) and other loads, stay away from older CGs.
The current edition of the NEC requires an RV park to have a min. 70% of the services at 30 amps, 20% at 50 amps and the balance at 15/20 amps. The 2002 edition was the same except for requiring only 5% to be at 50 amps. Don't know what the code called for decades ago. I have seen older CGs (60/70s) with all 30 amps along with 15/20 amps but haven't seen a CG yet with predominantly or all 15/20 amp services but maybe there are some out there?
I think older CGs are also more likely to suffer low voltage problems due to the way they wired them up compared to the loop-fed pedestals that are common now. We're at a T/T at the moment in Wa. with an older wiring system and the voltage ranges from 122V at night to 108V in the daytime, and that's with nobody running AC units because it isn't warm enough around here and the CG only a bit over 50% full. I think if a lot of AC units were running and the CG was full, the voltage could get really low here. (Water pressure here is bad too...)
Basically, if you have a choice in CGs to book and want to be able to run your AC(s) and other loads, stay away from older CGs.
