Canada Power Connections

usersmanual wrote:

charwan wrote:

accsys wrote:
About the only difference we have noticed is that many of the pedestals do not have circuit breakers. The power is hot all the time.

Yep sure do and when you blow one you blow several sites. LOL Also you will find a lot of just 15 amps. Don't need that much A/C up there Your going to a great place to travel in and a lot to see.

I certainly have no idea where(what rv park) u were at where there were no breakers
But I have never seen such a set up here.Its against code for one thing
as far as AC goes mines been on since mid june and running as I type


I think when you make general references you paint a extremely untrue picture

Neither one of us said "NO breakers" just that U will find several sites on "ONE' breaker on a pole. May take me a while but I'm sure I can find it. Also I camped at a store that was running on generators . Had about 10 sites. Now tell me that's not so. You think each site had its own breaker there and 30 Amp. I didn't paint a picture of every where I said you will find. Your picture of all sites with 30 amps sure isn't true.

accsys wrote:
About the only difference we have noticed is that many of the pedestals do not have circuit breakers. The power is hot all the time.

Went down to N.S last fall and spent several weeks going around (private and public campgrounds). Never saw any campgrounds without breakers. If you do see any report them. Not allowed by code.

Oh yeah, remember that speed signs are in KMPH ( 110 on the 4 lane divided sections) not miles.:B (MY former BIL from England used that excuse one time and got away with it in Ontario with just a warning.
Nowadays he'd be fined and have his vehicle impounded for a while).

accsys wrote:

happycamper002 wrote:
Berating someone is a sign of impaired rationale.

I wasn't berating anyone. We have stayed at 63 Canadian campgrounds on several different trips and I know what I experienced, regardless of what the "code" may be or have been. I was just relating my experience to the OP which is what this forum is all about. I am sure he would rather hear about what IS there than what SHOULD be there.

actually you were but iam thick skinned so no big deal of those "Sixty three" campsites how many were 15 amp? and how many had "several outlets" running off one breaker?and what size was that breaker?
Iam not saying there,s none but from my experience its far from the norm based on my RV experiences in westeren Canada
and iam sure there as many that way in the usa if one looked at the thousands of them there

A circuit breaker is actually an " overcurrent protection device" It does not have to be at the outlet. Think of your house. You do not have a breaker at every outlet. The breakers are at the electrical panel. The same wiring is reasonable for RV parks and marinas.

happycamper002 wrote:
Berating someone is a sign of impaired rationale.

I wasn't berating anyone. We have stayed at 63 Canadian campgrounds on several different trips and I know what I experienced, regardless of what the "code" may be or have been. I was just relating my experience to the OP which is what this forum is all about. I am sure he would rather hear about what IS there than what SHOULD be there.

accsys wrote:

Maybe you don't get out enough or perhaps the code has changed and many of the older campgrounds have not caught up.

If some outlets are sharing one common circuit breaker it is perfectly legal to not have a dedicated breaker for each pedestal as long as the connected load/s don't exceed the current carrying of the conductors.

The age of the campground/s is irrelevant. A wise campground operator would be best served by observing the code. The liability involved is just too much for someone to ignore.

Berating someone is a sign of impaired rationale.

Make sure to carry a l o n g extension cord. In many of the Proventil parks we've stayed out, it's a long way to the power.

usersmanual wrote:
I certainly have no idea where(what rv park) u were at where there were no breakers
But I have never seen such a set up here.Its against code for one thing
as far as AC goes mines been on since mid june and running as I type
I think when you make general references you paint a extremely untrue picture

Maybe you don't get out enough or perhaps the code has changed and many of the older campgrounds have not caught up. On both our 2009 Alaska Trip and our 2010 Atlantic Canada Trip at least half of the campgrounds had no breakers on the pedestals. It was a general reference as that was our general experience. The comment wasn't meant to disparage your country as I love the Great White North but to give the OP an idea of what to expect. As another general reference, we have had to run the A/C very little of the several months we have been in Canada. Once you get a little north or up in the mountains it is no longer necessary. Matter of fact, looking back, about the only time we ran A/Cs was last year in Calgary for the Stampede and it was only necessary then a couple of hours a day.

Thank you each and all.

One hour to border crossing.

zigzagrv wrote:
I believe their water faucet handles are metric. ;)

Thanks, that one made me laugh this morning.