permanent campsite electrical
I want my own pedestal. Can I daisy chain off from the pedestal nearest my campsite? Can I plug into the 50 amp space and run it to my own pedestal with a 30amp and 20 amp outlets? I would be using...
Forum Discussion
theoldwizard1 wrote:
The only way you could achieve this is by replacing the first pedestal with a true outdoor rated sub panel. This panel would have a pair of breakers for the first pedestals outlets and then a pair of breakers feeding/protecting the wiring to the second pedal.
If both set of outlets were pulling large amount of amps, they could easily overload the upstream wiring, but that would be protected by the upstream breaker. You could also wire in a third pair of breaker at that fir location to act as a "main" for the 2 sets of outlets so in case of a trip, hopefully you won't have to walk all the way back to the main breaker panel (where ever that is) and reset that breaker.
This might sound complicated but it really is not. Just remember a breaker protects the downstream wiring. The only place "daisy chaining" is allowed is on 120V 15a or 20A circuits.
I know of nothing in the NEC that says you cannot have two 50A receptacles on one 50A circuit and have seen commercial establishments wired that way. Very common when they have multiple large machines but only 1 is used at a time. And of course the 30 and 20A outlets come off that first 50A outlet as well in an RV panel.
If you know of such a code, please edumacate me! :@
