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Old 10-08-2005, 03:10 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by rverdlm
Our new dryer is 120V. I inquired about having one that is wired for 220V and was told no. I think the reasoning is that if something is wired for 220 you then can't use a 30A adapter. I have a friend with a large MH. His stove and some other stuff is 220V and he can't stay in a CG that does not have 50A service.

RVerdlm is correct, a 50 amp RV is wired for 50 amp 220v but you do not have 220v appliances because they would not run on a 30 amp service.
You have 2 legs of 50 amp 110 v and every other circuit is fed from the opposite leg in the breaker box. You could put in a 220v dryer with the proper wiring but then the motor or heating element would not work when on 30 amp service the way the wires are.
With 2 AC one should be wires to operate off each leg of the service coming in. The same with the Electric water heater and microwave so there should be even draw on both legs and no popping breakers, We hope
I have the bone adopter to go from 50 to 30 amp but also carry a splitter so I can feed 30 amp to both legs if the outlets are available or even a 30 and 15 amp supply at times but this will not work if the park is using a GFI in the park boxes.
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