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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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Gene_Ginny
Explorer
Feb 28, 2015
dougrainer wrote:
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There is NO WAY to plug in a 30 amp RV male plug to a dryer 220 plug. LOOK at the Ground pin. You would have the modify (smash) the RV ROUND ground pin. IF you have to modify a male plug in any way to FIT the wall receptacle, that means something is WRONG. Doug
Very true. The point was that since they look similar, some electricians think they are both 220 VAC and wire the RV 30 amp outlet wrong. They just don't read .... or think.

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