RV Outlet NEC Code Question

myredracer wrote:

soren wrote:


What? I've pulled at least a million of feet of wire over thirty years as a licensed commercial/industrial electrician, I have never heard of, or seen, anybody who soldiered a head together, to pull wire. Got to give credit where it's due. Electrical questions are always pretty entertaining on the forum, usually because there are plenty of wrong answers, but this one is in a league of it's own.

Huh... As an EE, having worked with hundreds of elec. contractors over 30 years and having pulled many hundreds of feet of wire myself, guess I don't know what I'm talking about. Not the normal way of doing it, but for a homeowner who may not have the right tools and knowledge and for small wire, won't result in the pull cord separating from the wire being pulled in, esp. in a tough pull.

Have you otherwise got anything positive/helpful to add to the thread with all that knowledge as an electrician?
Guess not or it'd be above somewhere already :R

No I specifically avoid making statements about what the NEC has to say in matters like this, for a few reasons. First, from a personal perspective, IMHO, the OP should just swap out his old receptacle to the new "RV pedestal" and be done with it. If you have ever done these, or done the calcs. and design for an RV park, you know that they are designed as a small distribution panel, and have one, or two feed conductors, a neutral and a ground. In this case, he does not need an additional set of conductors for the convenience outlet, since that's not the manufacturer's intent, or design, as evidenced on the wiring schematic attached to the product., and NEC requirements. Second, any OPINION on the topic by members here, is just that. What is acceptable to the NEC is what ever the "authority having jurisdiction" or local code inspector, has to say on the issue. Now, you or I could go into great detail about the subtle differences between wiring an RV pedestal, and a sub-panel, and why it's in a completely different section of the code. OTOH, the local inspector may have never inspected a pedestal in his life, and only think (incorrectly) that he needs to view this as a sub-panel. So, do I find the need to provide information that could quite possibly be incorrect, since I'm have no intimate knowledge of the OP's local code enforcement situation? No, and neither should any professional, including yourself.