NEC 2020 & Receptacles
For those considering installing a 30 or 50 amp receptacle at home for their RV's, you might check out the changes the 2020 NEC has instituted. Looks like GFCI's will be required on all outdoor recep...
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ScottG wrote:A Dual pole 50amp GFCI breaker is about $90.00 A 30amp single pole GFCI breaker is about $40.00 That would be about $10,000 for a typical 75 site RV Park. The extra employee to handle all the questions and complaints generated by all the haphazardly wired RVs will probably run another $20,000 each season. Then there is the fact that GFCI breakers tend to fail in about 3 years when used outside. Then it is replacement time. All said, nothing that a $5.00 a night rate increase won't cover.
Naturally the company that makes GFCI's want's 50A RV's to be included. They stand to make a ton of money.
Imagine all those RV's tripping them with problem firdges, etc and then going to the CG demanding they "fix" it.
Sounds like a new market out there for isolation XFMR's.
