Park pedestal wiring

bob213 wrote:
Just wondering if anyone knows the typical wiring for a park pedestal. My question is...Is the 30 amp outlet run off the same wiring as the 50 amp just with a smaller breaker and single hot? If I use the 50 amp with a 30 amp pigtail and then use the 30 amp with a 15amp pigtail am I stealing power from my own 50 amp feed?
We are going to be camping in 110* degree temps and thought I would try and distribute power usage by running things off all the available outlets. Am I fooling myself?

What are you trying to accomplish? Not all pedestals are wired the same. If you have a 50 amp rig, there should be no need to do anything, there would be plenty of power available to run anything and everything. If you have a 30 amp rig, even using the 50 amp receptacle, you will still be limited by the 30amp main breaker in your rig. If you have a 30 amp rig and are wanting to also us another receptacle to power some item using extension cords and the like directly to that item, you probably can get more power, but not always.
You need to be careful adapting down to a higher amperage receptacle if there is no circuit breakers in the line, because it is possible to overload the extension cords and cause a fire.
I have seen some people take a 30 amp rig, adapt it down to 20 amps, use a cheap extension cord and then adapt back up to 30 amps at the receptacle. Guess they thought they were either being economical (the dollar store extension cord is cheaper than a good 30 amp extension cord) or thought it was easier to move around that cheap cord than the heavier 30 amp one. The results are pretty predictable, they turn on a high amp appliance, cheap cord melts and there is either a direct short tripping the breaker at the pedestal (bad, but not real bad) or a fire starts.
Bottom line is without knowing what you have as far as a rig and what you are attempting to do, a definitive answer will elude us all.