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Originally Posted by wredman

good info, is the generator capable of supplying 29.9amp on both circuits at the same time? Or will there be some degradation at the usage end?

When connected to a 30amp service (via simple wire converter) both of the 50a legs are supplied buy the single 30amp leg, so inside the coach, 16 on one and 16 on the other would trip the outside supply breaker. Is this correct interpretation?

A 5500 Watt generator is capable of sustaining a 50amp load (w/v=a so 5500/110=50). There is typically a short term surge capability. It likely has two 30amp breakers - so each leg is limited to 30amps - with total of 50.
A sustained 60amp (or 58.8) will trip out something - and would be an unlikely scenario as well.

When connected to 30amp service via 50-30 adapter - you have 30 amps to share across both legs in any proportion (limited by downstream breakers of course). It can be 29 and 0... 15 and 14... but crossing 30 total will trip the pedestal main (and more likely melt the adapter before that... they aren't that good). You need to use care with what you draw through this setup. Typically no more than one A/C unit - water heater should be on propane.
Remember you are limited to less than 1/3 the normal available power in this mode... '50amp' service on properly wired pedestal provides a full 50 amps to EACH leg - for 100amp total.