T&T: 30 amp service vs. 50 amp service

[Pascal Gademer]

not sure what you mean here....   if you connectr each leg of your panel 
with it's own 30amp cable, you will have 30 + 30 amps or 60amps total. 
using it all is jsut a matter of having the loads balanced between both 
sides of the panel

I'be been using a 50amp cable for 8 or9 years now, I dont' find it 
troublesome even though I leave the dock at least once a week.  Only one 
plug to disconnect, only one cable to store.  With a splitter and 2 cords, 
you have 5 plugs to worry about instead of 1 ...

My shorepower connection are amidship, I run the cable along the sidedeck 
inside the weather boards to the aft deck then to the dock. When i leave, I 
only roll the last 20' in a corner of the aft deck, takes 20seconds and i 
only have one plug to worry about, not five.

pascal
Miami, fl
70 hatteras 53my

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bob england" <bob_england@hotmail.com>

 You
> could divide your load to better utilize your two 30 amp cables and 
> eleviate
> a possible overload on one side, and it would also give you a lot more 
> wire
> capacity and receptacle contact surface, but it won't give you 60 amps
> (unless you are pulling 30 amps on each side and adding them together,
> still, it's 30 amps)
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after having used a 50A cable for awhile, I much
prefer a splitter and two thirties tied into a 50 amp service.That 50 amp
cord is like an python, and expensive !