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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Gdetrailer wrote:
You however cannot "combine or connect" L1 and L2 together because they are out of phase (one positive and one negative going). Adding two voltages out of phase CANCELS the voltage and in this case creates a huge short and the result would be zero volts.
Though you are correct. 100% and that was a good post I will comment on this paragrapy.
Wrong point of view
When we talk about "Combining" we mean one leg is fed to the OUTLET so there is L-1 and L-1 not L-1 and L-2
You were looking at it from the other side. You are correct that if you try to hook L-1 to L-2 smoke fire and sparks (or tripped breakers) will ensue.
But some "Cheater Parks" only run one leg to the box or so I'm told.
