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Water-Bug
Explorer II
Apr 19, 2015

Have You Ever Tripped the 50 amp Breaker at the PED ?

Just wondering if anyone has ever tripped the 50 amp breaker at the ped under conditions other than a low line voltage in the park or mower hitting the anaconda. 50 amp service seems like a way overk...
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SoundGuy
Explorer
Apr 20, 2015
Water-Bug wrote:
50 amp service seems like a way overkill for an RV.


Keeping in mind also that so-called "50 amp" RV service is really 100 amp service in total because it's delivered as 50 amps per leg across two legs, ergo 12,000 watts vs 3,600 watts for "30 amp" RV service. BIG difference. :E

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