Weird Wired Power Pedestal
Upon hooking up to electric I turned all breakers off, plugged in my 30 amp cord and turned on the breaker marked "30." Went for a walk, etc. Couple of hours later wife went to turn on microwave an...
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I have never been there and I am not familiar with the pedestal but I was a licensed electrician in Oregon. They pretty much used the NEC as it is printed. Somewhere I remember the code saying as mentioned before, the pedestal must have a master breaker.
I don't think any Oregon licensed electrician would ever suggest using a cheater cable, 20 amp and 30 amp plugs to make fifty amps. The main is not required by code to be equivalent to the total of the individual circuit breakers.
I don't think any Oregon licensed electrician would ever suggest using a cheater cable, 20 amp and 30 amp plugs to make fifty amps. The main is not required by code to be equivalent to the total of the individual circuit breakers.
