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belfert
Aug 03, 2013Explorer
Sweet Old Bill wrote:
Someone will be along shortly with a better comment, but the short version is - - - your camper does not run on 240v. The 50amp connection for the camper is two 120v legs. Everything on AC circuits is 120v.
Hope all is well and no damage done.
A properly designed 50 amp RV connection should be 240 volts across the two hots! Technically, you could supply each side of the outlet from the same 120 volt feed as most RVs don't have 240 volt appliances, but what happens when someone has a 240 volt appliance and expects 240 volt? I believe it would be a code violation to wire a 50 amp receptacle and not have it be 240 volt with a ground and a neutral.
Now, a 30 amp RV connection should NEVER be 240 volt. Plenty of electricians have wired them at 240 volt and fried the electrical stuff in the RV.
As already stated, I was NOT running 240 volt into 110 volt appliances.
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