50 a cord

[Stuart W]

Clarification: RV 50A power, is actually 2 legs of 120V electricity.
YES they add up to 240V but they are separate.
30A RV power is 120V, (110).
Ask anyone that wired their own 30A RV service with 240V. They'll show you a big bill for the repairs.

Mark

Thank you I agree

 

[Kevin D Pem]

Clarification: RV 50A power, is actually 2 legs of 120V electricity.
YES they add up to 240V but they are separate.
30A RV power is 120V, (110).
Ask anyone that wired their own 30A RV service with 240V. They'll show you a big bill for the repairs.

Mark

Mark! Let's not confuse anybody. The reality is 110 is a 220 circuit divided into two 110 circuits via a common center tapped transformers secondary winding.

There really is no two 110 circuits. They are 220 circuit divided into 110.

 

[Oregon Camper]

Mark! Let's not confuse anybody. The reality is 110 is a 220 circuit divided into two 110 circuits via a common center tapped transformers secondary winding.

There really is no two 110 circuits. They are 220 circuit divided into 110.

We can talk semantics all day. However, to the average homeowner 120V is for outlets and 240V is for appliances and welders. If you wire a 30A RV plug with two legs of 110 3 wire, you're buying a whole bunch of trouble.

 

[Stuart W]

We can talk semantics all day. However, to the average homeowner 120V is for outlets and 240V is for appliances and welders. If you wire a 30A RV plug with two legs of 110 3 wire, you're buying a whole bunch of trouble.

I actually saw this happen. It was a family reunion and cousin Floyd was a millwright at the local lumber mill so we had all of these motorhomes coming in and he decided he was going to run some extension cords from the barn out to the various motorhomes. He looked at the plugs and assumed that it was 220 and wired it accordingly my father-in-law‘s motorhome blew up just about every electrical item in the couch. Not a pretty sight there were sparks flying from the microwave.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

We can talk semantics all day. However, to the average homeowner 120V is for outlets and 240V is for appliances and welders. If you wire a 30A RV plug with two legs of 110 3 wire, you're buying a whole bunch of trouble.

Semantics? OK!
So do you know the difference between a apprentice, a tech, and a handyman?

 

[Stuart W]

Semantics? OK!
So do you know the difference between a apprentice, a tech, and a handyman?

I’ll bite…..no

 

[Kevin D Pem]

One does their job under the supervision of someone that knows what there doing.
Any confusion in your mind about what is going on, when dealing with electrical is dangerous, and should be left to the pros.