Feb-17-2020 02:36 PM
Feb-23-2020 02:25 PM
Feb-23-2020 04:35 AM
Spade Cooley wrote:
I sold my old Travel Trailer with 30 amp system and I just discovered the new trailer I ordered has a 50 amp system. From what I've read I still can power the trailer as it sits next to my garage with the 110 volts outlet. I just plug into 110 to keep the battery charged and to power the inside lighting. I guess the bonus is while in an RV park I can run the coffee maker and other electrical appliances without the usual breaker tripping. I don't believe there are any 220 volt items running off the 50 amp system, I hope. I better carry and adapter, 50 down to 30 in case they do not have 50 amp shore power. The draw back, if there is one, to this new system could be that I will be limited to the trailer spaces without a 50 amp plug. I'm new to this power.
Feb-18-2020 06:00 AM
Feb-18-2020 04:48 AM
Cummins12V98 wrote:Lwiddis wrote:
“I don't believe there are any 220 volt items running off the 50 amp system, I hope.”
Nope. Not a one running 220 volts. Basic RV electricity - “Although a 50 amp service for a recreational vehicle, or RV, is connected to four wires and uses a four-prong plug, it is still a three pole service with only hot, neutral and ground connections. It is different from a conventional 120 volt service in that there are two 120 volt hot feeds, or legs, each at 50 amps.”
Interesting. I have 220v clothes washer AND dryer. I have a standard 50A service. Mine is wired with four wires. Mine uses ALL four wires.
Maybe I gotz a special one???
Feb-18-2020 04:47 AM
Feb-18-2020 04:10 AM
Feb-18-2020 04:04 AM
Lwiddis wrote:
Yes, there are some 220 volt rigs but very few. However, I’ve yet to see 220 volt available. “Glamping” isn’t my style. “Even the largest RVs, when plugged into 50 amp service, still almost universally use this double-hot-pole, or double-bus, installation to draw only 120 volts to two separate 120-volt circuits simultaneously, thereby accessing a possible 12,000 watts of power.”
Feb-18-2020 04:03 AM
Feb-18-2020 03:48 AM
Spade Cooley wrote:
I don't believe there are any 240 volt items running off the 50 amp system, I hope.
Feb-17-2020 05:52 PM
Feb-17-2020 05:42 PM
Feb-17-2020 05:32 PM
Feb-17-2020 05:22 PM
Cummins12V98 wrote:Lwiddis wrote:
“I don't believe there are any 220 volt items running off the 50 amp system, I hope.”
Nope. Not a one running 220 volts. Basic RV electricity - “Although a 50 amp service for a recreational vehicle, or RV, is connected to four wires and uses a four-prong plug, it is still a three pole service with only hot, neutral and ground connections. It is different from a conventional 120 volt service in that there are two 120 volt hot feeds, or legs, each at 50 amps.”
Interesting. I have 220v clothes washer AND dryer. I have a standard 50A service. Mine is wired with four wires. Mine uses ALL four wires.
Maybe I gotz a special one???
Feb-17-2020 05:08 PM
Lwiddis wrote:
“I don't believe there are any 220 volt items running off the 50 amp system, I hope.”
Nope. Not a one running 220 volts. Basic RV electricity - “Although a 50 amp service for a recreational vehicle, or RV, is connected to four wires and uses a four-prong plug, it is still a three pole service with only hot, neutral and ground connections. It is different from a conventional 120 volt service in that there are two 120 volt hot feeds, or legs, each at 50 amps.”