50 amp
Don't know if this is possible. Is there a converter that I can use to go from normal 110 or 220 volt to 50 amp?
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- Going volts to amps. Oh boy. Do some basic electrical reading. Similar to your question regarding the internet.
countryriders3 wrote:
Don't know if this is possible. Is there a converter that I can use to go from normal 110 or 220 volt to 50 amp?
Please STOP and sit down and read about how your RV is wired, the difference between watts/amps/volts and how they are connected, the difference between 12VD systems and 120V AC systems.
If you are asking how to plug in a 50 amp RV into a household 15/20 amp circuit, there are adapters available. But PLEASE again, learn what you have and the different types of things going on before you harm either yourself or your rig!WILDEBILL308 wrote:
So many people giving the wrong answer to the OPs question. Amps and volts are 2 different things. You can't convert amps to volts. Think of it this way volts are the size of the line. Amps is the preshure pushing through the line.
Bill
Give it up, Bill.
The answers are NOT wrong, you just don't understand the question.
While what you are saying is true......it does NOT APPLY to the question he is asking.
The cause of most of that confusion is the RV industry convention of identifying the electrical service with AMP designations instead of volts like the rest of the world does.
And finally, the example you tried to use to explain the situation......is exactly backwards.- So many people giving the wrong answer to the OPs question. Amps and volts are 2 different things. You can't convert amps to volts. Think of it this way volts are the size of the line. Amps is the preshure pushing through the line.
Bill WILDEBILL308 wrote:
countryriders3 wrote:
Don't know if this is possible. Is there a converter that I can use to go from normal 110 or 220 volt to 50 amp?
Well no it isn't amps and volts are 2 different things. You might do a google search on the subject.
Bill
Well it's pretty obvious that YOU don't understand it either.....at least as it applies to an RV.
50 amp RV service really is "normal"220" service, normally referred to as a "dryer outlet". It is two phases of 110 service.....at 50 amps each. It can also be used as 220 at 50 amps....but usually is NOT in an RV.
Then.....it is not wise to try and convert from a 110 outlet to your 50 amp cord.....because almost anything you try to do with it will result in an overload.one_strange_texan wrote:
Your original question is unclear, as others have said. If indeed you are trying to get 50 amp service off of shore power poles that have only a conventional 15-20 amp household plug and a single 30 amp plug you might consider one of these:
Amazon link
I have gotten an earlier version of this to work, but it seems to work best using two power poles if you have a vacant site near you, using a 30 amp extension cord to the other shore power pole. For those of you who might think I was "stealing" power, I was on a daily rate which included all electrical consumption. I have also tried this on a single shore power pole using a 30 amp female to 15 amp male adapter. It didn't work as well and tended to pop breakers.
It is certainly an adaptation and it's better to just have a 50 amp source.
Its not stealing power, but if the park has high occupancy and is limited to 30 amp services, you're taking away from somebody somewhere on the system whose playing by the 30 amp rules any way you can look at it.one_strange_texan wrote:
Your original question is unclear, as others have said. If indeed you are trying to get 50 amp service off of shore power poles that have only a conventional 15-20 amp household plug and a single 30 amp plug you might consider one of these:
Amazon link
I have gotten an earlier version of this to work, but it seems to work best using two power poles if you have a vacant site near you, using a 30 amp extension cord to the other shore power pole. For those of you who might think I was "stealing" power, I was on a daily rate which included all electrical consumption. I have also tried this on a single shore power pole using a 30 amp female to 15 amp male adapter. It didn't work as well and tended to pop breakers.
It is certainly an adaptation and it's better to just have a 50 amp source.- A good place to read up on all of this is NO SHOCK ZONE on-line...
The 50AMP Service is actually for the 50A named power distribution centers which is actually two zones of 120VAC CIRCUITS which are each protected by a 50A Circuit breaker...
Looks something like this...
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The big plus here you can run two separate air coditioners under separate zones...
This is what you see when you measure across the RV 50AMP Service Plug...
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Most of the 50A trailer only use the two 120V 50AMP zone with only some of the high end trailer that want to have washer and dryers would do special wiring to have the 240VAC actually go into the trailers...
Messing with the rewiring of the 50A wiring to use 240VAC inside your trailer can get you into trouble and you may burn up some of the 120VAC appliances... best to leave all of that with pros... Goof idea to have a licensed electrician that has insurance... If he burns up your 120VAC appliances his insurance will replace... If you and your neighbor burns up the 120VAC appliances in your trailer guess who gets that bill hehe...
Here is how a typical power pedestal is wired up at the camp grounds...
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If you was more specific on what you wanting to do you might get some better answers from all of us... Lots of 30A and 50A service folks on here with great info to pass along...
I am a 15A/20A/30A guy here with my off-road popup trailer... Most of the time I run my things off of the batteries and then usually at 8AM each morning when allowed I will hook up my trailer to my 2KW Generator and let it charge the batteries with about a three generator run time using my on-board Converter charger unit...
When at home I plug my 30A cable into the garage 20A service using a RV30A to 15A long adapter like this... Got this from WALMART I think...
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Check out "NO SHOCK ZONE" on the Google - lots of good info there...
Roy Ken
countryriders3 wrote:
Don't know if this is possible. Is there a converter that I can use to go from normal 110 or 220 volt to 50 amp?
50 amp services are 120/240 volts. 30 amp services are 120 volts. You don't change volts to amps. It's called an adapter. A converter changes 120 volts into 12 volts and also chargers your batteries.
You can use a dog bone adapter to plug 30 amp onto a 50 amp or a 50 amp into a 30 amp. or a 30 to 20 and so on.
What are you trying to do?
