15/30/50 SHORE POWER PLUG IN ?
My camper, listed below, uses what I believe is, a 30 amp shore power plug. I have a 15 amp adaptor. That is the standard looking plug in right? Am I correct in thinking a 50 amp connector is 220 v...
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drsteve wrote:Okay, I admit I'm slightly wrong.fj12ryder wrote:SoundGuy wrote:Yes, I know. I was trying to make a point about DSteiner51 stating:fj12ryder wrote:
So if I'm reading this right, if I plugged my RV into the dryer outlet, if it fit of course, no harm would come to my RV because they're both 240 volts? Correct?
Your RV is wired for 120 vac main service, NOT 240 vac. What do you think will happen if you plug your 120 vac trailer into 240 vac source power? :E
"If in fact my house is 240 volts and my dryer, range, and well pump, then my 5th wheel is also 240 volts. When I use a volt meter and jump between my two hot bars in my RV it reads 240 volts. Horrors!"
DSteiner51 is correct. It will work just fine, because they are identical in every way. Your RV uses the two 120V legs separately, to supply 120V to the various systems of the RV. Your stove, dryer, or whatever, uses the two 120V legs together to get 240V.
Next time you're on a 50 amp RV site, get your voltmeter out and check. Hot to neutral, 120V. The other hot to neutral, 120V. Hot to hot, 240V. Just like the stove outlet at home.
But I do wonder about people that say they have plugged into a welder outlet and damaged their RV. Or is that just a case of the outlet wired incorrectly for the welder?
