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?
Forum Discussion
a lot of talk and a lot of opinions along with the facts
the simple truth is : "there is no perfectly 'electrically' balanced RV"
if an RV has (3) A/Cs then one leg has (2) of them
even if it has only (2) A/C's, one on each leg
they will never be pulling exactly the same amount of power on each leg
the converter/charger will be on adding to one leg, other appliances will be used or cycled, so yes its possible to trip the 50amp breaker
IF load management is NOT engaged, manually by human brain or automatically by the RV systems
iirc one member posted here about re-distributing his circuit breaker loads
because it came from the factory with the most used items all on the same leg
somebody at the factory blew it, not properly spreading the load, when they installed the breakers
the simple truth is : "there is no perfectly 'electrically' balanced RV"
if an RV has (3) A/Cs then one leg has (2) of them
even if it has only (2) A/C's, one on each leg
they will never be pulling exactly the same amount of power on each leg
the converter/charger will be on adding to one leg, other appliances will be used or cycled, so yes its possible to trip the 50amp breaker
IF load management is NOT engaged, manually by human brain or automatically by the RV systems
iirc one member posted here about re-distributing his circuit breaker loads
because it came from the factory with the most used items all on the same leg
somebody at the factory blew it, not properly spreading the load, when they installed the breakers
