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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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:50 amp service does not demand copper conductors. Modern parks are most often wired with 4/0 4/0 4/0 direct burial aluminum with a #2 aluminum ground in a loop feed. (Note that the neutral is not allowed to be undersized in RV park applications). That is up to current code and works just fine.
If at home
Go outside
Look at the gauge of cable servicing your drop. 100 or 200 amps AL.
50 Amos demands 6AWG CU. conductor.
It is a mere distance between your transformer and your service drop. Now look at how an RV Park is wired (shudder)
