Plugging 30A 5th wheel into 50A service

Me Again wrote:

Coach-man wrote:
The 50 amp service is over what you need for

The 50 amp outlets are power by the same conductors that the 30 outlets are powered from. If the park is having brownout conditions(which is low voltage because of load, and more amps are trying to flow to make up for it) on one or both of the power legs of a 50 outlet, that same condition will be occurring on the single leg of a 30 amp outlet if brownout is on both legs or on the single leg if 30 amp outlet and you are on the same brownout leg. The 30amp outlets if wired correctly should be alternating site to site between the two legs of the parks power distribution.


"The lack of knowledge about how electricity works makes you wonder???"


30 amp and 50 amp uses the same wiring? 30 amp uses 12 gauge wire, 50 amp uses 10 gauge wire! They better not be using the same wires! I guess some parks will try and get by using the same wires, but that is so wrong! It is far more common to have a 30 amp overheat than a 50 amp. Now, if you are using a full 50 amps, and there is a brownout, you may be in trouble, and you should be using some sort of protection to avoid burning out AC compressors and or expensive electronics! But a 30 amp RV plugged into a 50 amp circuit, would have more of a cushion than a 50 amp, not to say an isolation transformer or some other protection should be avoided.

And my quote, about the lack of knowledge was not directed to the OP, it was directed to the person who stated there was imminent danger of plugging a 30 amp rig using an adaptor into a 50 amp plug!