Benefit of 50 amp over 30 amp

pianotuna wrote:
There are ways to be able to operate the AC, water heater, and a hair drier on a 30 amp service. In fact I could run all those devices at the same time on a 15 amp shore power supply. It was not cheap to find the technology to allow me to do so.

I do have to rely that the duty cycle on the water heater is 15 minutes every 4 hours (if no water is being used) and the hair drier is not going to run all day long.

2112 wrote:
As an example we can not operate our AC, electric water heater and the wife's hair drier at the same time on our 30A service without tripping the breaker.
A 50A service can handle that and more.

I said at the same time. It's hot outside, she just took a shower, my turn to take a shower while she blow dries her hair. I have to turn off the electric water element and switch to propane or the breaker will trip while I'm in the shower.

There may be some expensive technology to help prevent the breaker from tripping but all I want to do is take a shower without running to the pedestal dripping wet. So I switch the water heater to propane. Cheap enough for me.