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Originally Posted by mtlakejim
So just to be sure I understand this correctly, are you saying that 30amp service is just that but 50 amp is actually two separate 50s for total of 100?
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Exactly. A 30 amp service has a single 120 vac hot leg protected by a single pole 30 amp breaker.
A 50 amp service has two hot legs protected by a 2 pole linked 50 amp circuit breaker. Each leg measures 120 vac referenced to neutral. But it is 240 vac measured one hot leg to the other. Everything in the trailer is connected to one 120 vac leg or the other 120 vac hot leg.
A 50/30 adapter simply connects both trailer hot legs to the single hot leg in a 30 amp outlet.