Running Electric

[bjo]

were are running power to our barn were we store our "MH" I would like to no
anyone out here good at running Electric , when you run a 50 amp ,we were told to just wire a one hot leg for a 50 amp.
when we had a bounder we had a 50amp circ. with both hot legs and we burned up the "Inverter". we don't wont to burn our inverter up.
any help would be great
Thanks
BJO

[Steve Ownby]

Originally Posted by bjo

were are running power to our barn were we store our "MH" I would like to no anyone out here good at running Electric , when you run a 50 amp ,we were told to just wire a one hot leg for a 50 amp. when we had a bounder we had a 50amp circ. with both hot legs and we burned up the "Inverter". we don't wont to burn our inverter up. any help would be great Thanks BJO

Use this as a guide:

http://www.myrv.us/electric/

[pasdad1]

Originally Posted by bjo

were are running power to our barn were we store our "MH" I would like to no anyone out here good at running Electric , when you run a 50 amp ,we were told to just wire a one hot leg for a 50 amp. when we had a bounder we had a 50amp circ. with both hot legs and we burned up the "Inverter". we don't wont to burn our inverter up. any help would be great Thanks BJO

www.myrv.us/electric/Pg/50amp_Service.htm

[Gorlininc]

A 50 amp supply in a camp ground is really 100 amps. 50 Amos each leg. Each leg is 180 degrees out of phase, making 240 volts between them. You can not use a regular 220 volt plug. You need the same 4 prong socket like the campgrounds. The RV plug has 2 hot legs and a ground plus a neutral.
If you blew your inverter my guess your inverter saw 220 volts not the 110 volts it should see. Sounds line there was no neutral wire.

[wa8yxm]

Ok, what often happens is folks put in a 30 amp outlet not a 50 but a 30, and they have it installed by a pro.. Well the pro looks at it and does not bother to read either the work order or the lettering on the outlet and hooks it up for 240 volts (2 hots and either a neutral or a ground) which is very simply WRONG.

If you put in a 30 amp. You have one hot, an neutral and a ground, other than heavier wire,, It is the same as a standard wall outlet.

If you put in a a 50 amp outlet you have a few additional options, but the PROPER way to do it is still heavier wire, 4 of them (L-1 (HOT) l-2 (HOT) neutral and ground) and of course a dual ganged breaker.

This is the proper way to do it.

Many diagrams about the forum on the proper hook up but ...

The two sides are HOT, does not matter which side is L-1 and which is L-2

The ROUND (U or D shaped depending on how you look at it) hole is GROUND

That leave neutral which is at the top.

IF money is an object you can skimp on the wire and use 30 amp breakers,, This will be enough for MOST use.. But it will require careful management if you spend time LIVING in the MH. (I do it about 1 week a year that way.. Hardly ever have to hike to the distribution panel and reset).