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TDIStan
Explorer
Sep 26, 2018

How common are parks with "cheater" 50amp service?

How common are parks with "cheater" 50amp service? By "cheater" 50amp service I mean a standard NMEA 14-50R outlet that has been wired with BOTH hot terminals on the same 120v leg. "Cheater" 50amp ser...
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MrWizard
Moderator
Oct 12, 2018
it's totally safe
It's exactly what happens when you use 30 male to 50 female to run the 50 amp RV on a 30 amp service

Only the so called cheater pedestal, would be one 50 amp leg, ( instead of only 30 amps ) powering the 50 amp outlet, giving 25 amps on each leg
Or 50 on one leg or whatever each leg of the RV pulled up to the total of 50 amps of 120v available

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