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contento
Explorer
Feb 27, 2015

Plugged new TT into 220v (wired wrong by electrician) HELP?!

good morning all. The short story version seems to be an all-to-common one. Electrician wired by 120v 30amp outlet that I requested for our new TT as 220v and when I plugged our new trailer into it la...
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joebedford
Nomad III
Feb 28, 2015
1971duster340 wrote:
smkettner wrote:

Yes 30 amp 240v breakers are in virtually every home..


But it's a 2 pole gang operated breaker (120v+120v = 240v), not single pole 240V breaker. Only other countries have 240v on one breaker.
Yes, that's what I meant but didn't express well. You need a ganged breaker to get 240V (in USA, Canada). No single breaker will give 240V. I can't understand how an "electrician" could make this mistake.

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