Dogbone heat? 50A/30A
Before you say anything, I'm going to buy a new dogbone today. I moved my rig into position to get ready for our eclipse vacation. I have a 30A receptacle that I can use in this parking spot (RV is...
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joebedford wrote:
The owner won't change the receptacle. He's a real cheap b*******.
Actually, the receptacle was installed by a real electrician about 8 years ago and has about 1 month total running time on it - maybe plugged / unplugged 20 times total. I put another receptacle on the other side of my garage for visitors about 4 years ago - maybe I'll try that one too.
Anyway, I bought a new Camco 50A/30A dogbone today. With both acs and fridge I can imagine that it's maybe slightly tiny warmish. Certainly not 'quite warm' like yesterday. Less warm than only one ac running yesterday.
I'll report again when I've tried the other receptacle. The run from the breaker box to that one is about 25 feet, not 6 like the one I'm using now.
A "real" electrician would never wire up a 30 amp plug with 12ga wire. You could likely get away with 10 is the run from the breaker box to the outlet is not too far. If it's a long run you would need 2 8's plus a 10 for the ground.
