50 AMP power from a generator?
I need to get 50 AMP power from a generator. I’d prefer to go with a Yamaha Inverter EF6300iSDE for all the typical reasons, which is rated at 45.8 amps /52.5 amps @120V. But of course that’s based on...
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vermilye wrote:
When you are plugged into a 50 amp RV park receptacle, you have available 50 amps @ 240V. Since your RV probably does not have any 240V appliances, you can use each leg at its rated current or 50 amps. Total wattage available is 50 X 2 X 120 or 12,000 watts.
The rated output of the generator you are using is 22.9 amps @ 240V or 22.9 amps per leg at 120V, or less than half what is available at a pedestal. Whether you can run two Acs depends on other loads. 22.9 amps should be enough to run most ACs, but adding things like a microwave, water heater, or just about any other heating load will likely put you over the generator's capacity. So will both ACs trying to start at the same time.
With careful load management, the generator should work.
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This electrical thing has got so many people so confused. While the 50 amp post COULD supply 240 volts, your (and just about everybody else's) RV won't use that potential, but rather will use the two 50 amp supplies at 120 volts, for a total of 100 amps. However, as the above explains you won't need all that potential power if you use your generator intelligently.
