Power pedestal wiring question
When camping in our travel trailer, we usually camp at spots that have a power pedestal that has both 30 amp outlet as well as a 20 amp GFCI protected outlet net to it. If I plug the trailer into the ...
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nickthehunter wrote:Lynnmor wrote:you got to ask yourself just one question - how do you run the wire off the back end of the 30 amp breaker to the front end of the 20 amp breaker?wnjj wrote:ken56 wrote:
I'm sure there are pedestals out there wired like you described but there is no way of knowing without looking at how it's wired inside and that does not happen without opening up the pedestal and no one does that.
I suppose one could just turn off the 30A breaker and then check if the 20A receptacle still has power.
Just like BB_TX wrote on page 1.
And what would the electrical inspector say?
Not to mention, Why would you do that?
Some pedestal boxes have room for additional breakers, so simply add another 50 amp double breaker and use it as a main. That will limit the draw to 50 amps total if one wants to have control over excessive use.
