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TDIStan
Explorer
Sep 26, 2018

How common are parks with "cheater" 50amp service?

How common are parks with "cheater" 50amp service? By "cheater" 50amp service I mean a standard NMEA 14-50R outlet that has been wired with BOTH hot terminals on the same 120v leg. "Cheater" 50amp ser...
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Dutch_12078
Explorer III
Sep 28, 2018
Just to bring us up to date, the current (2017) NEC edition 551.81 has exactly the same wording. I think the key words above for this discussion of 50 amp RV service are: "for 120/240-volt systems".

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