50 amp wiring question
I'm getting a new trailer and it will be my first with 50 amp service. I've always noticed the standard NEMA 14-50R 4 pole receptacle on the AC pedestals but never paid any attention to the female sh...
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The quote below is from the link provided from Pianotuna in an earlier post. Over all the years with my 30 amp service trailers I have done quite well and have never been overly concerned about an open neutral, although I do keep one of the AC outlet 3 light testers wired at all times for safety reasons, and use a Kill-A-Watt meter permanently installed in an outlet.
With that in mind, I'm seriously considering running my new trailer (with 50 amp service) on a 30 amp adapter anytime I'm not using the 2 A/C units. I don't do a lot of summer camping so my previous trailers did fine most of the time on one A/C.
Guess I'll just have to play around with it but I can see the definite possibilities of issues of 50 vs. 30 amp supplies.
from the link:
"You could make an adapter that connects to only one side of a 50-amp outlet, but feeds both sides of your power cord. That would give you 50 amps instead of the 100 amps you actually get with full 50-amp power (because normal RV 50-amp power is two 50-amp lines). This should be about as safe as 30 amp and you get 20 additional amps.
It's safer because you are only receiving power from one of the two phases, and if the neutral in the pedestal opens, all that will happen is that you will lose voltage, which rarely would cause a problem."
With that in mind, I'm seriously considering running my new trailer (with 50 amp service) on a 30 amp adapter anytime I'm not using the 2 A/C units. I don't do a lot of summer camping so my previous trailers did fine most of the time on one A/C.
Guess I'll just have to play around with it but I can see the definite possibilities of issues of 50 vs. 30 amp supplies.
from the link:
"You could make an adapter that connects to only one side of a 50-amp outlet, but feeds both sides of your power cord. That would give you 50 amps instead of the 100 amps you actually get with full 50-amp power (because normal RV 50-amp power is two 50-amp lines). This should be about as safe as 30 amp and you get 20 additional amps.
It's safer because you are only receiving power from one of the two phases, and if the neutral in the pedestal opens, all that will happen is that you will lose voltage, which rarely would cause a problem."
