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joebedford
Nomad II
Jun 04, 2015

Wot size wire for buried cable to 50A RV receptacle at home?

I'm planning on putting a sub panel in my shop on the side of the house where my RV is stored during the summer. Not worried about the gauge of wire from the main panel to the sub panel - a problem fo...
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time2roll
Nomad
Jun 04, 2015
#8 is good for maybe 10' max. You need #6.

May need to oversize the conduit if using a bundled cable.

Are you running from the hot tub sub-panel? Because it may not have a neutral and you must have all 4 wires.

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