50 amp or 30 amp hook up at home

The usual gamut of 50A misinformation has run amuck here, as expected.

He did get a good answer. Find someone that knows what they are doing and make sure it meets. The code for his town.

Obviously your not going to get a good answer here, just do the safe sane thing. Hire a qualified electrician. Your getting a lot of advice from a lot of John Deere mechanics.....

Hondavalk wrote:

deweysmith5 wrote:
WOW! Some people here really know what they're talking about and others are down right dangerous. I have always felt that if you have to ask about wiring an RV outlet then you should ask an electrician to do it. As an industrial electrician then later a Purdue Electrical engineering graduate I have seen some scary things in my electrical life.

JMO, but generally if someone needs to ask,"How to wire something up", hiring an electrician is the smart and safe choice.

Yep, as I stated in my post, I totally agree!

deweysmith5 wrote:
WOW! Some people here really know what they're talking about and others are down right dangerous. I have always felt that if you have to ask about wiring an RV outlet then you should ask an electrician to do it. As an industrial electrician then later a Purdue Electrical engineering graduate I have seen some scary things in my electrical life.

JMO, but generally if someone needs to ask,"How to wire something up", hiring an electrician is the smart and safe choice.

WOW! Some people here really know what they're talking about and others are down right dangerous. I have always felt that if you have to ask about wiring an RV outlet then you should ask an electrician to do it. As an industrial electrician then later a Purdue Electrical engineering graduate I have seen some scary things in my electrical life.

RJsfishin wrote:

Hondavalk wrote:
Agree hire an electrician. 30 amps would be a 110v and 50 amps would require a 220v circuit.

No no no, 50 amps is 2 120v circuits !;)

That is wired EXACTLY the same way your 240v stove is wired in the kitchen. There is NO difference. There is 1 GROUND, 1 NEUTRAL, and 2 HOT wires. The HOT wires each give 120v when measured to either the GROUND or NEUTRAL, or 240v when measured HOT to HOT, just like the MH outlet.

The difference is not how the outlet is wired, it is in how the outlet is ACCESSED.

carpetguy2 wrote:
I guess I should of clarified it better.
I have 220 going to my hot tub now.I would like to use the breaker box (if I can) to put a 50 amp plug in it.Or will it only 30 amp be acceptable.
Right now I am plugging my 5ver into 50 to 30 to extension cord to a outlet

Now this, everyone should agree on. It depends on the gauge of the wire. Wire that is 6g (or bigger) can get a 50 amp breaker. Wire that is 10g (or bigger) can only get a 30 amp breaker.

Also, 12g is 20 amp, while 14g is 15 amp.

P.S. I have a 30 amp RV. When I went to the trouble of installing a pedestal at home, I pulled 6g 3 wire w/g (6g wire with 3 current carrying wires plus a 10g ground wire) and installed a 50a/30a/20a box and a 50amp breaker to feed it. Now, I am ready in case I ever upgrade to a 50a rig. Also, I have a 20a GFCI outlet right there for plugging in tools while I am working on the RV.

The small box below has satellite and phone connectors. They must be run separately from power lines.

I have a 50 amp in garage. Use a 30 amp adapter.
So if you can get 50 amp set up. Ho for it. If not now. Maybe later you may need it.
Just get it wired by someone who knows what they are doing.

Just tell the electrician you need a standard 50A 4 wire range receptacle.

This is a standard hookup for a RV 50A and 30A setup...
If you can duplicate this out of your box you will be good to go...