Graham should test his 30A RV outlet using the procedure Mike published a few days ago. A plug-in voltmeter or multimeter with a 30A to 15A adapter puck and an outlet tester should do the job just fine. Also, assuming is wired correctly, why not run a shore power extension from the RV outlet to the RV? It’s not clear at all why the second box is needed and feeding it from an outlet seems inappropriate without further explanation.
I’m confused on pedestal boxes in that most campgrounds have a 50, 30, and 20 plug. But the box is fed with a 50 amp breaker in the box that feeds the pedestal. Are you getting 50 or 100 amps to the box. I was at a campground where a guy had is class a with three ac units and then thought it was a good idea to plug his electric bmw into the 30 amp plug. It took out that whole side of the campground. I wanted to be nosey to see what they did to get it back up but I know they had to go get a new breaker but not sure why it took out 6 other sites in that panel
I've said this before, but it's worth repeating -- your illustrations are excellent! The only ones I've seen that are comparable are in my Magnum Energy MS2000 manual.
Great for reference
Graham should test his 30A RV outlet using the procedure Mike published a few days ago. A plug-in voltmeter or multimeter with a 30A to 15A adapter puck and an outlet tester should do the job just fine. Also, assuming is wired correctly, why not run a shore power extension from the RV outlet to the RV? It’s not clear at all why the second box is needed and feeding it from an outlet seems inappropriate without further explanation.
I’m confused on pedestal boxes in that most campgrounds have a 50, 30, and 20 plug. But the box is fed with a 50 amp breaker in the box that feeds the pedestal. Are you getting 50 or 100 amps to the box. I was at a campground where a guy had is class a with three ac units and then thought it was a good idea to plug his electric bmw into the 30 amp plug. It took out that whole side of the campground. I wanted to be nosey to see what they did to get it back up but I know they had to go get a new breaker but not sure why it took out 6 other sites in that panel
Mike,
I've said this before, but it's worth repeating -- your illustrations are excellent! The only ones I've seen that are comparable are in my Magnum Energy MS2000 manual.
I hope we hear back from Graham Mongeon.
Thanks very much. Back in the ‘70s I started my first real job as a mechanical/electrical draftsman while I worked myself up through engineering. 🤔
Might want to make sure the 'original' 30a circuit outlet was not installed with 2 'hots' on the 30a outlet rather than 1 'hot', 1n, 1gnd.
Mike (not Sokol)!
Yes, the 120-volt TT-30 RV receptacle has fooled a lot of electricians into wiring it with 240 volts…