Pulling more than 50 amps ?
Our park electrician says that some of the big rigs with 3 ACs and electric everything can sometimes draw more than 50A from a 50A pedestal. Truth or BS?
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WATT ARE YOU FOLKS TRYING TO SAY?
Each phase to neutral has its limit expressed as AMPS because that is the electrical limit imposed by the circuit breaker.
There are two breakers limited to 50 amperes each.
One breaker has nothing to do with the other. Except if one breaker gets overloaded like a drowning person it'll take the other leg with it should it start to drown (amperage overload)
It would be expressed better as two circuits each in WATTS capacity. Saw the parallel bar that joins the two breakers together and that would explain the function better. An RV would be better protected by 2 individual 50 amp breakers instead of a single ganged 50 amp breaker.
Total power is always expressed in WATTS. Like an 8 cylinder engine is never expressed as 50 horsepower per cylinder.
Expressing an RV connection as 240 volts would help only if there a 240 volt accessory on board, I know of no such accessory because many facilities are wired for 120 volts.
Two ammeters and two voltmeters should be required on every 50 amp RV.
Each phase to neutral has its limit expressed as AMPS because that is the electrical limit imposed by the circuit breaker.
There are two breakers limited to 50 amperes each.
One breaker has nothing to do with the other. Except if one breaker gets overloaded like a drowning person it'll take the other leg with it should it start to drown (amperage overload)
It would be expressed better as two circuits each in WATTS capacity. Saw the parallel bar that joins the two breakers together and that would explain the function better. An RV would be better protected by 2 individual 50 amp breakers instead of a single ganged 50 amp breaker.
Total power is always expressed in WATTS. Like an 8 cylinder engine is never expressed as 50 horsepower per cylinder.
Expressing an RV connection as 240 volts would help only if there a 240 volt accessory on board, I know of no such accessory because many facilities are wired for 120 volts.
Two ammeters and two voltmeters should be required on every 50 amp RV.
