50A to 30A Source Distance Limitation
We have a 50A RV at our deer camp which provides a 30A dedicated connection. The RV is approx 135 ft from provided power (cannot move RV closer). My plan is to run direct buried 6AWG cable with a 50...
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csamayfield55 wrote:
You don't want to do that. You will only have one half of your trailer with power. You need an adapter to cross over to both legs of the 50 amp plug or only half the power panel in the rv has juice. You may be able to jumper one leg to the other in the plug but i am not going to tell you how to do that.
As far as distance goes, all depends on the amps your going to draw. I don't have an ugly's wiring in front of me to check runs but 6 gauge seems large enough as long as the supply wasn't wired with substandard wire to start with
Chris
I'm assuming, and yes we know how that is, that he is tying the two hots together to the one source and in effect is making a 50 ft long dogleg.
bumpy
