Accidentally plugged into 220v

stevenal wrote:

xnizstudio wrote:

stevenal wrote:

westernrvparkowner wrote:

It isn't the breaker. The entire wiring is wrong. This isn't on the guy selling breakers, it is on whoever wired the breaker and wired the outlet.

This EE agrees. Was this guy licensed to do the work he did? If so, you should be able to make a claim on his bond or insurance for the damage. If not, it's a lesson learned.

A family member did it who is a licensed HVAC technician. The wiring was fine. If you wire a 240v dual pole breaker to put out 120v, you will more than likely fail inspection.

Even a licensed electrician could have made this same mistake.

Had we knew ahead of time the camper required 110/120v, then the wiring could have been different for the dual pole breaker, but it still would have not be the correct way to wire it. Wiring a dual pole 240v breaker to output 110/120v is still incorrect, even if it works. Again.. you need the single pole 110/120v breaker to do it properly and pass inspection.

As stated previously, and I will continue to state this, if I had the single pole 120v breaker, it would have been fine.

Probably worth the expense to keep peace in the family then.

Two-pole breakers are used all the time to provide 120V. Dryers and ovens for example use 240 for heating elements and 120 for controls. A qualified electrician would have informed you that 2-poles were overkill for this application, and would have provided a 1-pole breaker. It is entirely possible to wire a 1-pole breaker and receptacle improperly and measure 120 V and even have the loads work properly. I see you never had it inspected. You may wish to have a non-family electrician look it over.

Everything seems to be working fine on the single pole 120v breaker. I'm happy to start living in the camper. I've been house hopping for a long time and renting rooms. I'm a single guy, so I don't care to have a big house to live in without a family of my own.

I gotta start doing research on camper living now.