Air-conditioners are available up to 15,000 BTU. The smallest RV air -conditioner (7000 BTU) can pull 14.40 amps as it starts up and then cruises at about 7.5 amp. This means that the current I in amps is equal to the power P in watts divided by the voltage V in volts. Converting watts to amps can be done using the power formula, which states that I = P ÷ E, where P is power measured in watts, I is current measured in amps, and E is voltage measured in volts. Most appliances are rated in wattage needed (just to confuse us I guess). Your circuit breaker box will have some appliances wired to one 50 amp leg and some to the other leg.Ĭlick on image to see great YouTube® video explanation. The 50 amp outlet will supply up to 50 amps (6000 watts) on two two separate circuits before the circuit breaker trips. Using the higher voltage allows them to pull less amperage. Occasionally, in some higher-end rigs, some appliances, particularly an electric clothes dryer, air-conditioner, and an electric oven, will use 240 volts. The air-conditioner(s) is the main power guzzler, next is an electric clothes dryer, then the microwave oven. This allows you to use many of your appliances at once. You actually get two 50 amp, 110 volts feeds, called legs. Many large RVs and travel trailers are wired with the 50 amp shore power plug. The 50 amp outlet can supply both 110 volts and 240 volts They will charge you more for the 50 amp service because your rig will probably be using more power than one wired with a 30 amp plug. RV parks generally charge you for which outlet you use. You’ll be drawing power only from the outlet you plug into. You usually need to turn this breaker on. There is a 50 amp plug, a 30 amp plug, and sometimes a regular AC outlet like you’d find in your house (15 amp max).Įach outlet has a circuit breaker above it. When connecting to “shore power” in an RV park, you will be presented with an electrical pedestal that looks like this picture. Here is what you need to know to connect like a pro. RV Shore Power, Surge Protectors, 50 amp, 30 amp HookupsĬonnecting your RV, travel trailer, tiny home, or houseboat to an aging “shore power” electrical system can be risky and confusing. In addition, we will explain how to protect your sensitive electronics and appliances against glitches, spikes, power surges, and under-voltage situations. On this page you’ll find easy-to-understand explanations of what you see and what you can expect from it, as well as what you need and how to get it. Now “shore power” also refers to RV park pedestals where the user can be presented with several options in terms of connections and amperage. The term “shore power” originally meant the process of providing electrical power from the shore to a boat or ship. The Seamless transfer functionality offered as an optional allows the continuous passage of the boat power supply from the generators to the shore socket and vice versa, avoiding the temporary blackout.Whether you’re an RVer or a tiny house-dweller, you need to understand the basics of electrical hookups before connecting to any external system.Thanks to the experience gained in the field in all these years, our converters include a series of technical features that make them robust and immune to unpredictable events that may occur during their life, such as overvoltages, atmospheric discharges, short circuits, prolonged overloads.Our converters guarantee the delivery of full rated output power even under uneven quay voltage conditions or heavy load unbalance on the output. The output voltage is stabilized even in the presence of strongly unbalanced loads or current surges. They have the output voltage devoid of harmonic distortions, the frequency stable at the third decimal place, have a sinusoidal absorption of the input dock current thus responding to the regulations relating to harmonic pollution. They are modular both in height and in depth and are on average smaller than the standard. They are lighter, have galvanic isolation transformers and toroidal inductors and feature a higher efficiency than our competitors’ equivalent. The frequency converters are stabilized and galvanically isolated with sizes ranging from 8 KVA up to about 500 KVA. They supply the correct voltage value when connected to the most varied and unstable quay’s voltages eg: 110V, 208V, 240V, 380V, 400V, 416V, 480V, single or three-phase. They can be installed both on the boat and on the quay and convert electrical energy from 50Hz to 60Hz or vice versa. Frequency converters that also work as voltage regulators, designed specifically for motor and sailing yachts.
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