Why 30 amp and not 50 amp

CavemanCharlie wrote:

Skipg wrote:
Why not build all RV’s with 50 amp service ? With AC, microwaves, electronic water heaters plus numerous other electrical appliances we take with us it seems to make More sense to have 50 amp

I'm wonder if it doesn't, at least somewhat, have to do with History.

There were once campers that had no electric at all and had things like Propane Gas Lanterns build into the camper. Then they had 15 amp campers. (I once had a camper that had no AC and only had a 15 amp plug.) Then there was 30. Now they have 50.

Times change and it takes awhile for the infrastructure to catch up.

FWIW, our first 1969 Class C RV had both 12V lights and propane lights in it. It also had a vented, pilot-light-lit propane furnace with no circulation fan - but it worked well to heat the interior without draining the battery while it did it.

And ... it's absorption refrigerator worked fine.

Boy ... for the good old days of RV designs.