30 amp & 20 amp to make 50 amp
does this work or is the 30 & 20 side feed each other , just going to make 20 or 30 side pop c.b. or worth making one to have just in case ?.
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CA Traveler wrote:enblethen wrote:Split phase is not needed for the 30+20 amp cheater cord connection as the 50A RV neutral cannot be overloaded.
The two circuits must be on different phases of the electrical source.
You could argue that the cheater cord connected to 30+30 amp (which I've done) could overload the 50A rated neutral if the connection is not split phase.
I have a different understanding of the question than you do. I understand that he has a 50 amp RV and wants to use this on a pedestal without a 50 amp outlet, but use the cheater to at least get 6000 watts. In this case, there is no 50 amp neutral. The 30 amp neutral definitely can be overloaded, if the 30 amp and 20 amp outlets are not fed from the same main breaker, but are still on the same leg.
As far as 50/30/20 amp boxes, I bet if you check 100 of them, you will find some that have the 30 and 20 outlets on the same leg, and some that they are on different legs. There will be no uniformity.
