220 Volt mishap
I went to plug in my RV inside my parents shop my dad had wired. The outlet is a 220 volts with three prongs. Something similar you would plug in a welder or compressor. I used the 30 amp RV receptac...
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KD4UPL wrote:Will it damage anything? I am only doing this temporarily. I am in transition between homes and living in the 5er for a few months.
You must have a neutral. Yes, you could connect the existing outlet's hots to a proper RV 50 amp. You could use the existing ground for both a ground and neutral. It would work. It's not proper and not recommended. Code requires separate ground and neutral wires back to the main service.
