Electrical Issues on new travel trailer
Hello, I'm a new owner of a 25' travel trailer. So I am completely not up to speed on the electrical. A situation happened when I was hooking it up to the meter panel for the first time. I was not...
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azdryheat wrote:
You are mistaking a 50 amp RV plug with a 220 volt plug. There is no 220v at any RV site.
If you check between L1 and L2 at a 50 amp RV outlet, you get 240v. So, it IS a 240v outlet. It is the RV that is only 120v, because it doesn't USE the 240v. And, there are even some RV's, with clothes dryers, that actually USE the 240v.
If you check, the 50 amp RV outlet is the EXACT same outlet as a 4 pin 240v dryer or stove outlet, and is wired exactly the same way.
azdryheat wrote:
It is a 50 amp hookup. Each leg is 120 volts. You're looking a 4 flat blades.
He didn't plug into a 240v 50 amp RV outlet. He plugged into either a 30 amp 120v RV outlet that was miswired with 240v, or he plugged into a 3 pin 240v welder outlet. The 3 pin 240v outlets DO exist and look a LOT like a 120v RV outlet, but with pins shaped differently. However, people HAVE forced an RV plug into the welder outlets. It can be done.
My guess is that there was a 3 pin 240v welder outlet already there, and he used it.
Welder outlet, 240v:
RV outlet, 120v:
