50 amp vs 30 amp

[brat1598]

Me and my husband are going to a place and will be there for a while. Our camper is a 50 amp but they only have 30 amp hook ups. With summer coming I was wondering if anyone could tell me will the air conditioner work with the 30 amp and if it will y would we need the 50 amp

[ependydad]

Do you have one of two air conditioners? We could only run one at a time when we were on 30 amp.

As well, we found that we popped the breaker at the campsite's box when we ran the water heater on electric and a handful of other things. It got to the point that I switched is to propane for it and stopped using electric to heat water.

If you have babies- the bottle warmer used a surprising number of amps and was out breaker blowing culprit more than once.

[VinceU]

Originally Posted by brat1598

Me and my husband are going to a place and will be there for a while. Our camper is a 50 amp but they only have 30 amp hook ups. With summer coming I was wondering if anyone could tell me will the air conditioner work with the 30 amp and if it will y would we need the 50 amp

Most campers use only 30 amp service. If two A/C units are needed at the same time you must have 50. Learning to manage on the lower rating is not difficult, just remember two less than 15 amp loads at a time. Since basic things like the converter are always on the second 15 amp appliance must be short term. IE ac is fine but do not add Microwave, water heater etc at the same time. No problem if you follow these guidelines.

[brat1598]

Just one I think. There is 2 plugs on the out side. Haven't had it long and don't know to much about campers. I think our water heater is only gas. Don't think there is an option for electric.

[Himcules]

i know this is just another band aid approach, but if your power pedestal has both 30amp and 20amp plugs, you could use a 50amp cheater box. it's still 30 amp one side and 20 amp the other side. the 20 amp side would of course not be able to run much... but if you are lucky, your main a/c and other heavy usage item may be on separate poles...

again, only a band aid option, but it does give you another 20 amp circuit to use...

[garbonz]

Two plugs? Explain please or pics

[garbonz]

Camper information would help also.

[brat1598]

The woman said one plug is 110 and the other is 220 and its a 38 ft sandpiper

[brat1598]

One plug looks like a regular 2 plug plug in the other one has 4 prongs

[ependydad]

Originally Posted by brat1598

One plug looks like a regular 2 plug plug in the other one has 4 prongs

Are you talking about on the camper or on the box at the campground that you plug into?

[brat1598]

Plugs on the camper

[ependydad]

That's unusual. What year is your camper? Did you buy it new or used?

Can you take pictures of the plugs and possibly where they lead to?

[brat1598]

Yellow is the one the one she said is 110 and the black one is the 220 the pics r dark because its dark outside. I can post better ones tomoro

[brat1598]

And they r both coming out of 1 hole in the side of the camper

[garbonz]

That doesn't look standard at all. What year is it and did someone modify the wiring?

I would get a licensed electrician to look at it and tell you what you really have.

[brat1598]

Its a 98

[brat1598]

And not sure if someone modified wiring my book says its 30 and some are equipt with a 50

[fonzie]

The second photo is a 50 amp RV plug...

[Herk7769]

Your camper is wired for 50 amp service and someone has added an additional 20 amp circuit trying to get a total of 70 amps.

Your 20 amp wire's plug looks corroded (and unsafe) to me from the photo.

You need to find out where that added wire goes and if it has circuit protection in it.

To plug your 50 amp plug into the campground you will need a 50 amp service to 30 amp service adapter cord.

[Herk7769]

Originally Posted by fonzie

The second photo is a 50 amp RV plug...

Thanks, tired last night and still sleepy this morning; and missed that. Spent 20 minutes typing that post and realized I had messed up after I hit send.