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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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Big_Katuna
Explorer II
Jun 04, 2015
You will never use anywhere near 50A on each leg. Rarely over 25 per leg unless you run microwave, hair dryer and an electric heater.

You could use dual 30 breakers and drop the wire size to 8. You could still run both ACs microwave and fridge.

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