enblethen
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@ burner 120 volt cook tops are common. Used in many small apartments. You need to check with different companies. They do draw a lot of amps at 120 volt.
This site shows some optional 120 volt. I would not recommend one to go in an RV without a 120/240 50 ampere setup.
http://www.whirlpool.com/catalog/product.jsp?src=COOKTOPS&cat=80&prod=1376
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carringb
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If you have two 50 amp breakers, you trailer is capable of 240v supply power. What you will have to check is the service feed. If could be 2 identical 120v circuits, or it could have 120v out of phase which = 240v when wired correctly. You would also need an electrician to run a 3wire+ground circuit from your breaker panel, and add a new 50 amp 2-pole breaker.
Be careful when shopping smaller ranges. Many are wired for 3-phase 208volt as that is common is large residential buildings like apartments.
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PRT wrote:It's anchored down and not going anywhere any time soon  I checked the panel earlier - I have two "things" that say 50 and the rest say 20. Neither of us has any knowledge about this kind of stuff as you can tell. LOL!!
You have 240 available. You need an electrician to come out and give an estimate. With just 50 amp service you might be pushing it a bit as you may not be able to run four burners combined with several other high amp draw items such as the air conditioner. The electrician (licensed not joe handyman) on site is the best way to evaluate the possibilities and limitations.
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enblethen
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The problem with trying to get 240 out of an RV AC distirbution panel, is the two breakers must be tied together to form a common trip. Most RVs put the 50 amp main in the center using standard 1 inch breakers.
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Chris Bryant
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I would just get the LP range fixed- if you are heating and getting hot water by electric, a range would most likely overload the service, or you would have to run another line to the pole.
Either way you should get an electrician to look at it before making a decision.
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PRT
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Thanks for all the responses.
I did speak to the former owner and 220 is here in the park model. Another friend in the park is a retired licensed electrician and I will ask him to do the work. In the interim, I am postponing the Home Depot delivery and will get it done later. Our friend can work according to his schedule and all will be well.
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chipper wrote:You wouldn't believe how slow a 110 burner is, I had one, awful!
Maybe it was really 220. 
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Boarhog
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Yes it's going to require 240volt.
Watts is a unit of electric power, but it is also a way of measuring dissipated heat. 120volts at 10 amps will generate 1200 watts. Whereas 240volts and the same 10 amps will generate twice as much heat.
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Having cooked on both Gas and Electric ranges...
I have to ask.. Why would anyone willing use Electric?
It is SO much easier to cook on a gas range.. I mean you do not know what a pleasure cooking is till you cook on a gas range..
Ovens, however, are another matter, I do not see much difference there
Think about this
Electric cooking:
First we take a fossle fuel (Coal, Oil, Gas) and burn it, we use this to either heat water (First two) or run an engine (last two) if heating water we use the steam thus produced to turn a turbine.. eithr the trubine or engine turns a generator.. Power is then send town wires and through transformers. (loss every inch of the way, loss in every transformer) and finally it passes through the element in your stove and heats water.
Wait. we had hot water back at step 1
Now .. Cooking with gas
We burn a fossle fuel to heat water...... End of description.
How much simpler is that?
COOK WITH GAS
Nothin adds excitment like something that is none of your business
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