Why 30a (120v) at Home?
Curious what the extra 15a is for. We only ever need 15a at home where we park the rig and leave it on shore power all the time. 15a does battery charging and any fridge time on 120v. What else...
Forum Discussion
wolfe10 wrote:
We could be getting into semantics here. I know Bill is very familiar with 120/240 VAC wiring.
He is correct that very, very few RV's use both hots to power a single appliance. Said another way, the appliances are wired to use 120 VAC= one hot, one neutral and ground.
BUT, a proper 50 amp RV outlet does have TWO hots. Between L1 and L2 (the two outer straights) DOES READ 240 VAC.
Good clarification. I only recall one poster with a 240V appliance and it was a WD.
But on another note: My rig and my 04 rig have a EMS that detects 240V or not to set load shedding to 50A or 30A. So if you like that is a 240V appliance and the associated equipment is rather common.
