30 vs 50 amp electrical issue help
Hello, I recently purchased a 2023 heartland mallard 32ft travel trailer. When I bought it at dealer they assured me it was a 50 amp service during purchase and during walk through. During walk thr...
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opnspaces wrote:
I'll bet the assembly line workers ran out of 30 amp cords and added a 50 amp instead because they had it on hand. The question is did they only connect one of the two hot wires (this would be good as it's 120v 30 amp). Or did they do some kind of bonehead move and twist the two hot leads together under one screw creating 240v (This would be bad).
Twisting the two hot wires together would be an immediate short at the pedestal. HOWEVER, if they hooked up the two hot wires to separate screws and left the neutral wire disconnected, you have a 240v circuit and lots of damage.
