Installing 50/30 Amp Service on Acreage.....?
I have several questions regarding installing 50 amp service on some land I just purchased. I recently had electricity installed on the property. The box includes the 200 main...100 amp ( for RVPedest...
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I wired the 50/30/20 pedestal in my back yard with 6g conductors and a 10g ground off of a 50 amp double breaker. I can run power off of all 3 of the outlets, as long as neither of the legs pulls more than 50 amps. If either leg pulls over 50 amps, the breaker will pop.
That means leg 1 of the 50 amp outlet and the 20 amp outlet are combined, and leg 2 of the 50 amp outlet and the 30 amp outlet are combined, each with a 50 amp limit.
I could have used 2g wire and an 80 amp breaker, and had up to 80 amps per leg available, but I did not plan to run more than 1 rv at a time, so I cheaped out. (Actually, it was hard enough to pull the 6g wires, I did not want to pull anything larger.) Using 2g wire and an 80 amp breaker would have allowed me to pull the full 50 amps, full 30 amps, and full 20 amps, all at the same time.
Of course, I only had a very short run, a longer run of wire would have required going up a size or two in wire gauge. I used less than 25 feet of wire going from my breaker panel to the pedestal.
That means leg 1 of the 50 amp outlet and the 20 amp outlet are combined, and leg 2 of the 50 amp outlet and the 30 amp outlet are combined, each with a 50 amp limit.
I could have used 2g wire and an 80 amp breaker, and had up to 80 amps per leg available, but I did not plan to run more than 1 rv at a time, so I cheaped out. (Actually, it was hard enough to pull the 6g wires, I did not want to pull anything larger.) Using 2g wire and an 80 amp breaker would have allowed me to pull the full 50 amps, full 30 amps, and full 20 amps, all at the same time.
Of course, I only had a very short run, a longer run of wire would have required going up a size or two in wire gauge. I used less than 25 feet of wire going from my breaker panel to the pedestal.
