50a electrical plugs?

[Gregory OConnor]

Its good to remember that if you are to hook an extention cord to a
pedistal or an outlet, the wire gauge to the outlet/pedistal from
the E meter should take into account the length of the extention
cord. I have a 50 amp pedistal that is 500 foot away from my main
panel and 150 from a sub. I droped in a 240/30 amp breaker (60 amp
total) to trip early and not overtax the long run.

GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolandCa

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ryan Wright"
wrote:
>
> Hi Pete,
>
> > 50 Amp cable carries a _lot_ of electrical potential, so you do
need to be
> > very careful with your choices. Using romex (or romex-like
products) for an
> > extension cord may seem like a practical idea
>
> Oh no - I was NOT planning on using romex for an extension cord.
> Electrical codes exist for a reason and I follow them. My comment
on
> romex referred to moving the outlet. My 50 amp service is on the
side
> of my house. I need to move it about 20 feet further down the
house so
> my existing Wanderlodge cord will reach. I've been told I shouldn't
> make a 50 foot long, 50 amp cord, because of problems with voltage
> drop.
>
> I, however, don't see the difference between these two scenarios:
>
> 1. Run an additional 20 feet of romex, in the wall of my house, to
> move the outlet, then connect my 30 foot cord.
>
> 2. Leave the outlet where it is and just make a 50 foot cord.
>
> As far as electrical potential is concerned, if the wire gauge is
> equal, seems the same thing to me, and number 2 is certainly
easier.
>
> > The National Electrical Code requires buried
> > wires and/or use of conduit for an exposed location.
>
> Yep, and the 30 amp feed I installed for my greenhouse is THWN in
> buried conduit.
>
> > Finally, you might 'get away' with using BX (armored) flexible
conduit for
> > your "extension cord", although I'd be concerned that direct sun
exposure
> > would overheat the wires. Obviously, driving over it with your
coach is very
> > likely to destroy it.
>
> No - I plan to use the same type of material used for the factory
> extension cord. I'm doing this by the book. Also, I never drive
over
> my extension cords - I always move them out of the way before
moving
> the coach.
>
> > So, my question is, Is that really an output plug?
>
> It's possible. I don't have anything like that on my '86. Just the
> standard 50 amp input, and a pair of 30 amp inputs (one for each
leg),
> and the various cord sets. That output plug would be a real handy
> feature, though.
>
> > (Since we've only had one extended (a few hours) power outage
here in the
> > past 25 years, needing the backup power from the generator seems
fairly
> > remote. -- and I can 'tap into' the coach 120 vac system, should
the need
> > arise, with extension cords fed from normal outlets -- that
would be
> > sufficient to keep the home refrigerator and freezer 'going' to
prevent
> > spoiled food. I already have sufficient extension cords to
handle that
> > possibility.)
>
> Yeah - my area has very stable power as well. The longest power
> outages last just a few hours and come only every few years. The
last
> one was last winter, first power outage since I've had my coach. We
> just abandoned the house, fired up the generator and watched
movies in
> the coach until the power came back. If it would have been too
long,
> I'd have powered my deep freezer with an extension cord off the
coach
> until power returned, but I've lived here nearly 30 years and there
> hasn't once been a power outage long enough to spoil food.
>
> -Ryan
> '86 PT-40 8V92
>