TRIPING 50AMP BREAKER.. HELP
HELLO ALL. MY WIFE AND I ARE NEW TO THE RV WORLD THIS HAS BEEN A DREAM OF OURS FOR SOME TIME. RECENTLEY WE BOUGHT A 2006 TT AND I HAD BEEN TOLD BY SERVERAL PEOPLE (IN THE RV WORLD) THAT I WOULD NEED A...
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Vulcan Rider wrote:BB_TX wrote:
The 50 amp breaker is truly two separate hot legs with 50 amp capability each.
If that is true, why is it not called 100 amp service ?
Because you could pull (near to) 100 amps without overloading it, right ??
Given this, however, the answer to the original question would be:
The campground breaker is defective or is wired wrong and feeding more than one outlet.
Sorry, no "IF THIS IS TRUE". It IS true.
50 amp is two hots L1 and L2, each with 50 amp breakers. If you question this, open the CG outlet cover and you will see two 50 amp breakers pinned together.
SO, 50 amp RV service gives up to 100 amps @ 120 VAC.
30 amp RV service gives up to 30 amps @ 120 VAC.
So the DIFFERENCE is 70, NOT 20!
