50 amp sore cord question
I want to make my 50 amp shore cord out of 6/4 soow or stw cord. When I look at the amp ratings on these two cords its 45 amps. When I looked at a 50 amp shore cord with moulded plugs at the rv su...
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Kpackpackkelley wrote:
I've already got about thirty ft of 6/4 soow cord but it's rated at 45 amps. Just wondering why the stw rv supply 6/3 + 8/1 is rated 50 amp maybe less copper in the jacket because of smaller gd.
6/4 stw and soow are rated at 45 amps.
ill have to check the jacket stamping to confirm.
I've never seen more than 30A draw per leg. My wife can trip the breaker (on 30a shore power) when we have both AC's, her blow dryer and the coffee maker on.
