50 Amp Usage Question

[JimBollman]

I occasionally have friends visit and stay in their camper. I have installed a 35 amp RV box by the back driveway. I also have a 4 wire 20 amp 220 outlet by my carport for an emergency generator which also acts as two 110v circuits with an adapter which is how I normally use it.

I have never owned an RV with 50 amp service so the question is if you had the choice of plugging into 220v 20 amp or 110v 30 amp, which would better serve your needs? I plan to pick up an adapter for the 220v 20 amp if it would be better for a visiting RV if it would be used. I figure they would have an adapter for the 30 amp since it is a standard RV outlet.

[CA_Traveler]

I would have reservations about either plug setup. If you had a 30A RV outlet that was code compliant and inspected that would be OK.

BTW An ispector would flag your 2 20A plug configuration.

[JimBollman]

I installed a 4 wire receptacle with the proper wiring so I would have 2 fully independent 110 volt circuits that could be combined when I needed 220v. It is not a generator style plug.

[enblethen]

Stay away from generator receptacle and wiring. It should go through a transfer switch. The 120 volt 30 amp receptacle is the best idea.