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Subject: Re: 50 Amp service

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Bill Schreurs

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Date Posted: 02/ 19/ 07, 8:31pm
In reply to: ken 's message, "Re: 50 Amp service" on 02/ 19/ 07, 5:32pm

Ken:
Wow, I do not read this forum often, maybe I will from now on.
I have to dispute a number of things which Peter has said, and also what you have done.
Gosh, you are setting yourself up, or someone else, to get killed.

The 50 amp plug has only three prongs, and the fourth is the steel case at the ends. The cable with the red painted ends is exactly that - 50 amp 240 volt service.
You mention that when you run the generator the one leg does not show any power either, are you looking at voltage or current.
If that is the case, maybe the cords are ok, it could be the selector switch, 30/50/gen etc. Try moving the selector switch.

Now about killing someone - NEVER, NEVER in a RV should the ground and neutral be connected together. If you were to connect them together, and if you lost the ground connection, and someone came and touched the coach under the right conditions, they could possibly be the ground path, causing either serious or fatal injuries.

Ken, email me if you wish, then maybe we can talk on telephone, and then you can print here what you found.

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ken
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Date Posted: 02/ 20/ 07, 3:25am

Hi Bill and thanks for your input, I surely agree with you on not tying the ground and neutral together I have seen situations where people have done that and have been jolted from it, I was just trying the obious wiring when I first tried to wire a plug hear at my house. Do you have one like mine with the red marking for 50amp and the yellow for the 30 amps, if so then what you are saying is on the three prong 50 amp receptacle you have two legs that are hot, one leg is neutral, and the case of the plug is ground? if that is the case then how does the other end hook up, it is the 2 slants and one round plastic insulated end no sheild or anything exsposed for the ground hook up,I guess at this point the only way to really know is to pull the receptacle and see how it is wired. Thanks for your help on this issue, and since how it is now, it works and is all properly grounded and safe I will just leave it alone and move on to other things on the coach.
Thanks again

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Author: Bill Schreurs [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 02/ 21/ 07, 7:41am Ken: My plug on the male end has 4 prongs, the one used for a 50 amp 240 volt service [ Post a Reply to This Message ]