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Dutch_12078
Mar 25, 2019Explorer II
time2roll wrote:Dutch_12078 wrote:Still the system probably meets code as it was never anticipated how RVs would become such power hogs even having power management systems to keep that 30 amp outlet at the very max for extended periods if not 24/7.
If a park is seeing a significant voltage drop when full then the park infrastructure is substandard.
The park may have met code when it was built, but current code sets the minimum required percentage of 50 amp versus 30 amp sites, along with other changes over the years designed to support newer RV's with high power requirements. A standard 30 amp breaker only supports a sustained 80% load (24 amps). A well designed park electrical system should also support a sustained 80% load. The problem isn't RV's with higher power requirements, it's parks that haven't kept up with the RV market changes.
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