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TurnThePage
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May 16, 2019

Adding a dedicated RV power plug. What would you do?

I'm finally adding central air to my house, which affords me an opportunity to also wire in dedicated RV power. Their price for a basic 30 amp wall plug install is very reasonable, but I'm consider...
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wolfe10
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May 23, 2019
TurnThePage wrote:
It's my understanding that 240v is simply two 120v legs that are 180 degrees out of phase.


This is correct. Don't let semantics confuse you.

The 50 amp outlet will be exactly like a house-type stove/oven outlet: 2 hots to the outer straights, neutral to center straight and ground to center round.

The 30 will NOT be the same as a house-type 30 amp. It will have ONE hot, a neutral and a ground.

The 20 amp will be the same as the house-type with one hot, one neutral and a ground.

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