3oaks wrote:
I could see having a 50 amp service installed if you ever anticipate a need in the future for use with a 50 amp RV. If not, you could have saved a few $$ by going with a 30 amp service.
At present, your 50A service will not do anything more for you that a 30A service would have done.
bob213 wrote:
If you want to be sure, use a volt meter and look here under "outlet testing" to see what each leg should read. Better to be safe than sorry. I think it was a good idea to install the 50 amp. We always think this is the last trailer we are buying until we see something else that catches our eye.
rv electric
DrewE wrote:dougrainer wrote:
Sorry, MOST Electricians(I hate to call the ones that screw up that) WILL screw up a 50 amp RV installation. I FIX RV's all the time from incorrectly wired 50 amp service. I even have so called Electricians call ME to ask how it is wired. Doug
Would MOST electricians also mess up a 50A electric range installation, which is exactly the same wiring? Do you also see or hear of enormous numbers of ranges that need fixing because of miswired sockets?
30A RV outlets are not infrequently wired incorrectly because they appear, at least at a quick glance, to be the 30A 240V three wire dryer sockets that were standard for many years. Based on this, unobservant or ill-informed electricians (or others) wire them up to be 240V, which does cause problems in an RV that gets plugged in. But this particular problem does not apply to 50A RV sockets.
I don't want to suggest at all that it's a bad idea to check the wiring of any newly installed outlet (of any sort) before using it. Even highly skilled and knowledgeable people can and do make mistakes from time to time. The same can be said for most any work; I've encountered a sillcock (garden hose spigot) plumbed into the hot water line rather than the cold. I guess I ought to admit that I was the one who installed that faucet...and afterwards corrected the installation.
dougrainer wrote:
Sorry, MOST Electricians(I hate to call the ones that screw up that) WILL screw up a 50 amp RV installation. I FIX RV's all the time from incorrectly wired 50 amp service. I even have so called Electricians call ME to ask how it is wired. Doug
bob213 wrote:
If you want to be sure, use a volt meter and look here under "outlet testing" to see what each leg should read. Better to be safe than sorry. I think it was a good idea to install the 50 amp. We always think this is the last trailer we are buying until we see something else that catches our eye.
rv electric
kellyandpatti wrote:
I had a electrician friend hook up a 50 amp service in my garage for me , so when I have trailer here to load can have ac and ref running. If I hook up my surge guard 34730 with a 50a to 30a adapter (30 amp trailer), and the surge guard goes green , as in all good, does this confirm that electric is correct and won't damage electric equipment in trailer. Thank's in advance
Old-Biscuit wrote:enblethen wrote:
Dealing with electricians over many years, I would double check installations.
Yes, it is suppose to be wired exactly like a four wire range receptacle.
50A is pretty tough to screw up.........it's the 30A wiring that gets messed up
30A 3 wire 240V vs 30a 3 wire 120V
OPs surge guard will test power when plugged in.
