laknox wrote:
janegowest wrote:
OK...so now we are needing to know about 30 vs 50 amps. I found a small 5er nearby that has 30 amp service.
I am assuming that the rest that we have viewed all have 50 amps. What does 30 vs 50 mean in terms of our living comfort? We need to live in it in the hot/humid South for a few months..maybe a year into the cold months.
Can either of them be hooked up to a 110 residential line?
30 amp is good for 1 A/C and some appliances and lights. With an older rig, I'd change all the incandescent bulbs for LEDs to help reduce the load. 50 amp will run 2 A/Cs and pretty much all your appliances. As far as plugging in on a 20 amp residential circuit, you =might= be able to run the A/C, but chances are you won't without tripping the house breaker. Everything else would work OK, most likely, though you'd still want to be cautious with power. Personally, I'd run the water heater and fridge on straight gas, just to be safe.
Frankly, living in the South in the summer, you're probably going to want 2 A/Cs, which means 50 amp service, even with a smaller FW. If you're going to be in one spot for a while, it's not a huge deal to have a 50 amp RV plug wired into a house's electrical panel (I have a 30 amp at my house) but you have to be d@mn-sure whoever does the work knows the difference between a 220v plug (like for an electric dryer) and a 50 amp RV plug; they =are= different and, if it's not wired correctly, will fry every electric/electronic thing in the FW when you plug in.
Lyle
Thank you! Wow!! Didn't know that we had to wire a special service at our house! Would NOT want to fry the electrical in our "new" 5er! We know an electrician who owned a fifth wheel, so he should be the man for the job!
You say that if we plugged into a friend's house line, it would trip their breaker to run our A/C. I suppose that a 50 amp would trip their breaker even faster?
Great idea about changing out the light bulbs!! So many wonderful ideas by all you experienced folks!!