What can I run with 30amp vs 50amp?

[brandonrv]

I am upgrading from a short MH that has a 30 amp plug to a bigger MH that is now 50amp.

My home is wired with a 30amp outlet. I know there is an adapter, but I"m curious as to how much it can push.

Problem is this new coach has a residential refrigerator. Not something I wanted, but it's what it has and I got a great deal on it. So i'm kind of thinking I wont even be able to push an AC and the refrigerator at the same time with 30amp.

I'm going to get it wired for 50 amp soon enough, just wondering if anyone has run on 30amp and can tell me more or less how far it will push it.


Thanks

[brandonrv]

Yeah i would never touch this stuff.. and no not a dryer outlet haha.

I'm going to get an electrician out here to upgrade, but wanted to play with the toys and i'm not sure when he'll be here that's why I was asking 🙂

[Peralko]

bshpilot wrote:
As Dennis says ! Dryer outlets are 240 vac !

Dryer outlets, Electric Kitchen Range & Welding outlets are a NO NO (all are 240v)

That's right! Just like a 50-Amp outlet for an RV. Each leg has 120 volts and 240 volts between them. If you set up a 50-Amp outlet for your house, you would use the same circuit breaker as you use for 240-volt appliances. But if you don't know what you are doing, please have a professional do the installation!

[bshpilot]

As Dennis says ! Dryer outlets are 240 vac !

Dryer outlets, Electric Kitchen Range & Welding outlets are a NO NO (all are 240v)

[Executive45]

Ummmm....I certainly HOPE you're not planning on plugging into your DRYER outlet...:E:E. If you do, you'll no longer be a happy camper......just sayin....Dennis

To answer your question, use the formula:

AMPS X VOLTAGE = WATTS

So, 50 Amps X 120 Volts = 6000 Watts. Since there are TWO legs @ 50 Amps, you'll have a total of 12000 Watts available with 50 Amp service.

Using the same formula, 30 Amps X 120 Volts = 3600 Watts. So, you can easily see the difference 50 Amp service provides.....Dennis

[AllegroD]

brandonrv wrote:
wow that's great news.

Yeah I don't actually have the new coach in my hands yet. Get it on Tuesday. In a whole new ball game with this sucker.

That's great about the residential fridge. Glad I have it now 🙂

Well. Look at the bright side. Ya got 4 days to get the 50 amp installed.

[stugpanzer]

We regularly camp in 30amp sites and I too have a dedicated 30amp circuit at home. We only ever had a problem once when I had my old coach and that was because I turned every single light on and I had both AC's going. The breaker tripped when I fired the vacuum cleaner up!

[bshpilot]

it really a matter of 30 amps or 100 amps.
50 amp supplies are TWO 120v supplies at 50A per leg.

it really depends on the size of the coach too....how many a/c units do you have ? what other items do you need to use (simultaneously) ?

30A will likely mean you'll have to manage your consumption - you'll need to turn off the AC to use the microwave or you'll have to turn off the AC if when the water heater is on Electric.

[brandonrv]

wow that's great news.

Yeah I don't actually have the new coach in my hands yet. Get it on Tuesday. In a whole new ball game with this sucker.

That's great about the residential fridge. Glad I have it now 🙂

[mdprince]

pianotuna wrote:
Hi,


You can easily run a residential fridge and one roof air conditioner on 30 amps.

x2 - and watch a TV or two !!

[Bill_Satellite]

Keep in mind that a 50 amp coach plugged into a 30 amp plug is a 30 amp coach. That's a combined total of 30 amps from all circuits (15 amps per leg or up to 30 off of one). 50 amp service provides up to 50 amps per leg or a total of 100 amps. So, if you think back to what you could run on your 30 amp coach you can run the same things on this 50 amp coach plugged into a 30 amp circuit.

[John___Angela]

The residential fridge uses a fraction of the power an RV fridge uses. The start up current is very brief and not enough to worry about unless the breaker was already just on the edge. The residential fridge will pull around 1 amp when running, and it only runs about 1/3 of the time.

Happy camping.

[2oldman]

brandonrv wrote:
My home is wired with a 30amp outlet. I know there is an adapter, but I"m curious as to how much it can push.

One air, no electric HW, and the resi refer would be fine.

[pianotuna]

Hi,


You can easily run a residential fridge and one roof air conditioner on 30 amps.

[John_S_]

You can run it no problem. It takes no more the four amps an ac takes about 14 plus a bit on startup. You will have plenty of headroom. If you have an Aquahot yes it on diesel though as that is either 11 or 22 depending on one or two electric elements. You will live the residential and the gas fridge still took DC voltage that the convert would make or if on AC used power there too.