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Originally Posted by First RV 4 me
IMO Protectors are great however, being an electrician ,,, When you have a 50 amp plug (4 blades, L1 - L2 common, Ground) and adapt to a 30 amp dog bone, (3 Blades) That will drop your common and unless the breaker panel has a BONDED ground, you will play hell on your 120 volt appliances and electronics in the coach.. If the power protector you talk about is of any quality it should disconnect power if it detects a fault in the common leg. If I am wrong, someone please correct me..
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You are wrong. The 50 Amp 240 VAC to 30 Amp 120 VAC dogbone adapter does not drop the common leg. It drops one of the hot legs and supplies that to both hot legs in the MH. So on the 4 wires in the NH you have, L1, L1, Common, and Ground (or L2, L2).
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