Thanks for this detail Mike - very useful information.
But of course - it leads lo further questions. Such as -
if there are no individual CG pedestal grounding rods, but theoretically just 1 grounding rod at the CG main panel, then it would seem that a lightening strike on any pedestal (or RV) anywhere in the park would travel to all RVs on the same main pedestal circuit. Correct?
Given that all RVs in any park are very exposed to lightening I would have expected that pedestal grounding would be a requirement in order to better isolate lightening high voltage. Or at least require a series of pole mounted lightening rods all around the park to better lightening away from the RV's there.
I’ve always wondered why the campground pedestal isn’t treated like a sub-panel in a detached building and required to have its own grounding electrode.
so each RV has it's own ground - Where is it located usually? Is that something I need to check periodically since it is probably screwed in? I will ask my dealer when I go to pick up my RV hopefully in a few short weeks. I plan to get a surge protector - dealer has one for me. Will start with it as he says it is good and has a great warranty.
Since we are talking about Service Panels. Is there anything in NEC about how many (Amps) breakers can be installed in a 200 Amp Service Panel?
We were at a Rally in Michigan. It was Hot. All of our coaches have 3 AC units Plus Electric Hot water Plus ....so we were using 40 plus Amps@240 each. We popped the main. 12.5 KW Generators were started!
Sometimes some of this stuff flies over my head, but I read it anyway. And this is why I pay electricians to work on my house . . .
Thanks for this detail Mike - very useful information.
But of course - it leads lo further questions. Such as -
if there are no individual CG pedestal grounding rods, but theoretically just 1 grounding rod at the CG main panel, then it would seem that a lightening strike on any pedestal (or RV) anywhere in the park would travel to all RVs on the same main pedestal circuit. Correct?
Given that all RVs in any park are very exposed to lightening I would have expected that pedestal grounding would be a requirement in order to better isolate lightening high voltage. Or at least require a series of pole mounted lightening rods all around the park to better lightening away from the RV's there.
I’ve always wondered why the campground pedestal isn’t treated like a sub-panel in a detached building and required to have its own grounding electrode.
A campground could add a grounding electrode at each pedestal if they wanted to, but it’s not required by code and I’ve never seen one in the wild.
so each RV has it's own ground - Where is it located usually? Is that something I need to check periodically since it is probably screwed in? I will ask my dealer when I go to pick up my RV hopefully in a few short weeks. I plan to get a surge protector - dealer has one for me. Will start with it as he says it is good and has a great warranty.
Since we are talking about Service Panels. Is there anything in NEC about how many (Amps) breakers can be installed in a 200 Amp Service Panel?
We were at a Rally in Michigan. It was Hot. All of our coaches have 3 AC units Plus Electric Hot water Plus ....so we were using 40 plus Amps@240 each. We popped the main. 12.5 KW Generators were started!
That’s a separate article which I’ll post later.