110/220 indicated on 09 trailer???

Not all CB panels are laid out with alternating CBs. The very common Intellitec has adjacent CBs for each leg.

So determine your layout before concluding what loads are on each leg.

ivbinconned wrote:
Thanks for all your input here folks. Just one more question. Am I wrong to assume that if some plugs are fed from one side of the power supply and others from the other you could actually have two 1500 watt electric heaters going? And or is there a chance that the electric fire place is fed from one side and all the 110 plugs from the other?

Yes you are wrong to assume. Simply trip the breaker and see what doesn't work which will also verify any markings.

All plugs, fireplace and more can be on one leg since it's 50A. Your limit would the gen if less than 12KW.

I can run 3 heat pumps plus 3 ceramic heaters plus whatever else is on.

You'd have to examine the breakers on your load center to figure out what is on which leg. It's entirely possible that the fire place and the convenience outlets are on opposite legs, but equally as possible that they are not.

However, with 50A per leg available, you could easily run two 1500W heaters (on two different branch circuits) on the same leg without any trouble at all. A 1500W (resistive) load means a current of 12.5A. You could even run two 1500W heaters at the same time in a 30A RV...but basically nothing else at the same time.

Not sure I understand the question about two 1500 watt heaters going.

Most 120 VAC 50 amp breaker boxes are laid out with alternating hots-- so the top breaker would be, say, L1, second one L2, third one L1....

No idea what position each outlet/appliance is supplied from in this box. But you could certainly determine this visually.

Thanks for all your input here folks. Just one more question. Am I wrong to assume that if some plugs are fed from one side of the power supply and others from the other you could actually have two 1500 watt electric heaters going? And or is there a chance that the electric fire place is fed from one side and all the 110 plugs from the other?

The generator door on my RV is not vented, the genny vents out the bottom. (So you know not all genny compartments are vented)

50 Amp RV service is identical to your house power set up.. It is amazing how many people have no problem understanding that in their house they have both 120 volt and 240 volt devices and some that use both 120 and 240 (Cloths dryer for example, the timer motor or computer uses 120 vac, the blower/drum motor is likely 120vac only the heater is 240) but can not wrap their minds around the fact that in nearly all RV's nothing uses 240 volt other than possibly an Energy manager (load shedding type) and all it uses 240 volt for it to say "Oh, 50 amp, I can take a vacaton".

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ivbinconned wrote:
The plug is at the rear of the trailer and the converter etc is near the front. I have a 2000 watt inverter/gen that I would like to use and set in the storage compartment in the front.
Would it be possible to wire in a second plug into the front compartment so a guy doesn't have to run any cord outside the trailer?

WOW NEVER EVER INSTALL A GEN IN A STORAGE COMPARTMENT. Regardless of how you think it's insulated you just may go into a permanent sleep and I'd prefer to not read about you on the news.

My philosophy as well. Even sticking it under the TT can result in exhaust entering TT. Placing it in a compartment, even one originally designed for a mounted one, does not solve the problem, alone. You need an exhaust pipe, securely and properly mounted, designed to move the exhaust outside the sides of the TT so gasses are vented away from living space.

ivbinconned wrote:
It is the compartment where a factory installed gen would normally be installed. Minus the vented door.

I would be willing to bet it will vibrate/rattle and transfer a lot of that noise to the RV. Set it in the compartment and just run it and see what type noises/vibrations you get. Doug

It is the compartment where a factory installed gen would normally be installed. Minus the vented door.

Leave the storage door open.