30 amp outlet installed

Dougrus · 01-31-2012, 10:54 AM

Have any of you installed your own 30 amp receptacle at your residence?
Any problems doing it yourself?
I am fairly familiar and did all the wiring for my garage myself. Anything I need to be concerned with?

fletch460 · 01-31-2012, 11:17 AM

Yes I have, along with 1000's of othrs. Assume yours is 30 amp no problems. Just make suree it is dedicated breaker. Then wont have to worry about using one thing at a time. LIKE RUNNING A/C while working on it. If you wired your garage you can do this. Just check wiring diagram for polarity. Good luck

Ramblin · 01-31-2012, 11:34 AM

I did my own, and a 50A one too. Just remember, Its a SINGLE LEG H/N/G recepticle. ONE HOT, not two. Welder recepticles look similar, but are TWO hots. Use a single pole 30A breaker.

GaryKD · 01-31-2012, 12:01 PM

Hi Dougrus,
Welcome to iRV2. Go to RV Electric and click on the 30 AMP service link on the left navigation bar. There are instructions and pictures.

Dougrus · 01-31-2012, 12:46 PM

Awesome! Thank you very much, this is exactly what I needed! Off to Lowes & Home Depot!

TXiceman · 01-31-2012, 04:51 PM

Dedicated breaker at the electrical box, proper size wire for the distance run, follow local and (NEC) National Electrical Codes and make sure it is 120 VAC, not 420 VAC.

Ken

Tha_Rooster · 01-31-2012, 05:13 PM

Installed a 30 for old MH then change over to 50amp for this one. If you wired a garage it should be simple. 10-3 wg and a single pole 30 amp breaker and your good to go.

wa8yxm · 01-31-2012, 06:39 PM

If you have installed 15 amp then the only thing you need to know to install a 30 is "Bigger Wire" (Like 10 ga for "Short" runs)

Black to the copper screw, White to the silvery screw and green or bare to the green screw, Same as a 15 amp No different other than size and shape.

Ramblin · 01-31-2012, 06:50 PM

While you're doing it, might as well go ahead and install a 50A service, then use an adapter to get down to 30A. When you upgrade your RV (and you WILL upgrade your RV, trust me) you'll be glad you did.

paz · 02-01-2012, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Ramblin

While you're doing it, might as well go ahead and install a 50A service, then use an adapter to get down to 30A. When you upgrade your RV (and you WILL upgrade your RV, trust me) you'll be glad you did.

This is good advice, but if you install a 50A plug for your RV, make sure the wire from the street to the house is large enough to handle the electrical load of the house AND 50A service to the RV. Don't forget, so-called 50A RV service is really 100 amps. Most existing household electrical service can't handle an increased load of 100 amps, so you should at least plan on the possibility of having to upgrade your home's electrical service sometime in the future.

bilcol81 · 05-22-2012, 01:24 PM

Visiting the kids in NM. Just had installed 30a dedicated outlet so we could run the a/c.(basement air unit) Everything works fine but no a/c. It runs fine on genset. Checked votage at the 30 to 50 adapter and have 120v on both sides. What's up with that?????

FlyingDiver · 05-22-2012, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bilcol81

Visiting the kids in NM. Just had installed 30a dedicated outlet so we could run the a/c.(basement air unit) Everything works fine but no a/c. It runs fine on genset. Checked votage at the 30 to 50 adapter and have 120v on both sides. What's up with that?????

Do you have a load management system that's locking it out because you're not on a 50 amp outlet?

joe

bilcol81 · 05-22-2012, 03:11 PM

It does have load management but we have used 30a service as well as 50a for over 5 yrs. and never had this problem. The basement a/c only uses about 20a.
Thanks