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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bill18163 wrote:Do you have a 30 amp or 50 amp trailer?
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 a receptacle on the outside of our garage to plug into for electric.
30 amp = single pole 120v 30 amp service to a NEMA TT-30 connector
50 amp = double pole 120v/240v 50 amp service to a NEMA 14-50 connector
Unless you have special considerations... install what matches the trailer.
