Why 30 amp and not 50 amp
Why not build all RV’s with 50 amp service ? With AC, microwaves, electronic water heaters plus numerous other electrical appliances we take with us it seems to make More sense to have 50 amp
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Skipg wrote:
We have a small tt and when hooked up to power we use electric for water heater, AC, refrigerator, wife uses hair dryer TV, and cook with electric induction cook top. Why use gas when your paying for full hookups. 50 amp instead of 30 would not add that much to the cost. Maybe it could be offered as an option.
Why not use gas for the water heater? We full time and get a couple months out of a 30lb tank running, water heater, stove & oven (shorter when heat is running). If we were just weekending, it would extend out years. I'm not going to worry about saving 30c per trip in propane.
The rest of the stuff is easily accommodated. If it's hot enough to have the air running, we prefer to cook outside and will often run an extension cord to the 15amp outlet on the pedestal to run a crock pot or electric skillet.
Just not a big issue until you get into rigs with multiple air/con units. A 50amp power supply is going to do nothing to the resale of a 20ft TT...if anything it would make me leary of what other weird things have they added.
