Understanding 50A in my RV
I understand there are two legs, each carrying 50 Amps to the RV but I'm having trouble understanding what gets serviced by L1 and what gets serviced by L2 of the 50A service and why are there two leg...
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rhagfo wrote:DownTheAvenue wrote:RobWNY wrote:
There are many homes with 100A services still so why are RV's different?
RV's aren't different. They are wired exactly the same. Some homes have 200 amp service and are wired exactly the same as a 50 amp RV.
Well not quite correct, in a house panel you can tap 240 volt circuit simply by installing a double breaker for your panel that will connect one breaker to each leg. In an RV the legs split at the main breaker, giving two legs of 120 50 amp capacity. You can get one 240 volt circuit by using a double breaker with half size breakers in place of the main. Typicality you would install a 50/30 double half size breaker the 50 being the main and the 30 being a 240 volt feed for a dryer, or in my case my Cheap Heat system.
You are quite wrong! See Doug's post below who knows what he is talking about!!!!
