Wire up 220V dryer in 5th wheel?
We would like to buy a Whirlpool laundry center for our 5th wheel. It is 220V and fits into the space allocated.. Can I just tap into the RVs 50 amp load center with a 220V CB and run wiring to a 220V...
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Jerry B wrote:
Isn't the 50 amp service into my RV really 50 amps per leg totaling 100 amps? I have to digest all this info. Thanks.
Yes that's true, at 120v. A dryer, being 240v, will pull roughly 24 amps. So, if you want to think about your service being 100 amps at 120v for some reason then think of your dryer as being 48 amps at 120v.
However, in the electrical trade a 50 amp camper service is 50 amps. The dryer will use roughly half of the capacity. To try and convert to 120v and talk about it as 100 amps is confusing the issue. That's just not the proper way to refer to a circuit.
