30A and 50A electric
When you plug in your 50A or 30A electric at a campground are you plugging into a double pole 240V receptacle or 120V single pole receptacle? My wife and I bought our first trailer and I want to mount...
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Ditto to what donn0128 said. If you don't need to have the air conditioning, a 20 amp outlet will be fine.
If you hire an electrician to install a 30 amp outlet at home, make sure they know it's a NEMA TT-30 connector and it's 120 volt. To the uninitiated they bear a strong resemblance to the old style 240 volt 3-prong outlet used for electric dryers. Many have had the misfortune of having an electrician wire them for 240 volt, not knowing the difference, and then they zap most of the electrical system when they plug in their RV.
If you hire an electrician to install a 30 amp outlet at home, make sure they know it's a NEMA TT-30 connector and it's 120 volt. To the uninitiated they bear a strong resemblance to the old style 240 volt 3-prong outlet used for electric dryers. Many have had the misfortune of having an electrician wire them for 240 volt, not knowing the difference, and then they zap most of the electrical system when they plug in their RV.
