50-AMP Hookup for a Truck Camper?
Hi everyone! We just stripped a vintage truck camper and are rewiring it from scratch. I have tons of questions, but I thought I'd start with a big picture one: is there ever a case where it would ma...
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Boatycall wrote:
I'll chime in on this, I'm an electrical engineer and I'm planning on upgrading to 50a single-leg.
Now, to some of the points made -
cord size--
Almost all 50a RV cords are 8/3. I will conceed that you don't likely need both legs, so you can buy/make your own 50a 8/2 plug instead. I intend on making my own.
Who needs it? Me....
Even though most 50a plugs are 50a 2-leg, I'll just use 1.
Why? Making breakfast in the summer.
Coffee maker - 900 watts, ~9amps.
Microwave going, 1500 watts, ~15a.
Electric hot water heater is going because I just took a shower, 400w, 4amps
Fridge on electric, 400 watts, 4a.
That right there is 32a.
Toaster - 900w, ~9a
And then, the AC kicks on....
I can only imagine how you turn all those things on with your 6 hands ;)
I often operate my camper on 20 amp and can have AC and small appliance at the same time + fridge that I don't bother to observe. The only thing that will not work with AC is 1000W microoven. Do they really take 1500W?
1500W takes 12.5 amp BTW
Full 50 amp service would require double leg electric panel in the camper. That opens whole can of worms on its own, beside carrying 50 lb of extension.
