30 amp 240 volt mistake!!
I recently bought a 2018 Rockwood 5th wheel with a 50 amp service. I have a 240 v 50 amp outlet in my RV cover that I’ve used for years to plug my motorhome into. Since I still have my motorhome and i...
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wa8yxm wrote:BB_TX wrote:
If you used a standard 50/30 dogbone adapter be aware that the adapter connects both hot legs of the coach together. Meaning you put 240 on both hot legs, not just one.
Perhaps not. From teh sounds of it he mayu have a 50 amp RV (He mentioned two legs) if he has a 30 amp he needs a proper 30 amp at 120 volt outlet.
FOlks we caution about this all the time.. Though it's been low volume of late I recall a few years ago We would get 3 - 5 per month with the same sad story... Many welder outlets WILL take a 30 amp RV plug no matter what folks say bout "THEY ARE DIFFERENT".. They are not different enough
Many professionals look at the TT-30 outlet and say "OH 240 volt" I managed to instruct one before he fried his client but.. How many are there? (his client got lucky)
I wired my own.. PROPERLY.. But I have training.
They are different enough. They physically will not fit. Some body has to do just what the op did. Wired a 120 outlet to 240 volts.
