smkettner wrote:
Using a standard adapter to plug a 30 amp RV into a 50 amp pedestal is perfectly safe in all conditions...
I have to disagree with the "safe in all conditions". Some RVs especially some pop ups
do not have a main breaker! Most RVs do have a main breaker which would be either 30 amp or tandem 50 amp.
If the RV has a 30 amp main breaker the only thing exposed to 50 amp would be the cord. Even then it would only receive 50 amp if there was a dead short like cutting with a lawn mower or something.
However without a main breaker the panel in the RV could potentially be subjected to the full 50 amps and could smoke things if the panel was only rated for 30.
It is crazy that some manufacturers don't use a main breaker, but it is true.
