50 Amp Surge Protector
I bought a 50 Amp surge protector that plugs into the main RV grounds power box. The lights on the surge protector indicates reverse polarity. Does the connection at the main box have to be fixed to ...
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ken white wrote:Bumpyroad wrote:
what is "reverse polarity" on a 50 amp outlet? I can see on a 30 amper where the hot and neutral could be reversed, but on a 50 amp outlet if one of the hots was switched with the neutral making the neutral hot, you would have a hot to hot connection???????? wouldn't that be sort of a "mess"?
bumpy
No different than at your house where you typically have a 240 VAC service entrance with 2 - 120 VAC branches out of phase.
The transformer secondary acts as a voltage source and unless the 2 hots are shorted together, there won't be an issue.
EDIT: Poor spelling... :(
that still does not clarify it. in 50 amp hookup, you normally have two hots and a neutral (ignoring ground) if anything is hooked up wrong you have two hots together, they are shorted together and should be an issue.
bumpy
