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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deercamp01 wrote:
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 50A female plug on one end (RV) and a 30A male plug on the other end (source).
Besides limiting us to a single AC unit, are there any other issues we might encounter with this design?
You haven't specified unloaded source voltage which nominally should be 120 vac +/- 5% or 114 vac to 126 vac. Unfortunately reality doesn't often meet expectation and if you start with an exceptionally low unloaded source voltage the situation will only get worse once you do add a load so regardless of the fact you're planning to use 6 gauge cable resulting voltage drop could still be sufficient to cause problems. IOW, have you verified what the unloaded source voltage typically averages at this deer camp?
