Wire for a 50 Surge Guard

[jimmy2]

i got the 50amp wired in Surge Guard for Camping World for my birth day the question i got is what size wire do i use to wire it in. realy do not want to burn my RV down

[NCFischers]

#6 wire.

[CORattler]

Agreed with Jim ..... #6. I installed my own when I bought it.

[bw2]

Agree, measure how much and head off to Lowes/Home Depot

[kab449]

Don't know if you will have a choice or not but the stranded is easier to bend in tight quarters than solid. #6 for sure.

[CORattler]

This is very true!!

quote:Originally posted by kab449

Don't know if you will have a choice or not but the stranded is easier to bend in tight quarters than solid. #6 for sure.

[Tom S.]

Depending on where you install it, you might not need any wire. I put ours behind the fuse/breaker panels and there was more than enough wire for me to cut it and splice it in there. Not only was there enough wire for that, there was enough that I can remove unit if we ever trade in, and wire everything back up normal. There must have been at least 3 extra feet of wire behind there.

[Art-n-Marge]

That's what I did. I had so much extra wire I also cut some out (shouldn't hurt, eh?) I pretty much spliced the wire right into the surge guard. I assumed the existing wiring would be easy enough to splice into and would be the correct gauge. The instructions were pretty adamant that this should be installed by a qualified electrician, but since this is all I did, is this okay? It seems to work okay and I don't have any complications of additional devices, solar and the like.

[bncinwv]

Art,
You have me worried (kidding!), if you are not comfortable with your qualifications (I noted that you did not say certified electrician - there is a difference), and feel that you will never again be able to sleep in the rig because of the installation, then you have little choice but to tear it all out!! However, on a brighter note, since you did get the installation done, and feel that it is working properly, and you can convince yourself that due to the experience you gained, you possibly should be able to consider yourself qualified now and can sleep in the rig without constant nightmares, cold sweats, etc. One thing to remember about electricity that is probably not emphasized enough on the forum, is that it only takes one mistake to suffer dire consequences. If a member is not comfortable doing electric work, then they should not do electrical work or maintenance, hire it out to qualified professionals. Safety is always paramount and everyone should realize that they should not work on live circuits, turn the power off please!! Pheww, now I can sleep at night. And, so as not to sound pretentious, I am not a certified electrician, but do have a limited basic understanding of circuits and have always felt comfortable doing minor mods, repairs, etc, to the rig and the house. Is there even a code book for RV's anyway?
Bingo

[Tom S.]

quote:Originally posted by bncinwv

Art,
You have me worried (kidding!), if you are not comfortable with your qualifications (I noted that you did not say certified electrician - there is a difference), and feel that you will never again be able to sleep in the rig because of the installation, then you have little choice but to tear it all out!! However, on a brighter note, since you did get the installation done, and feel that it is working properly, and you can convince yourself that due to the experience you gained, you possibly should be able to consider yourself qualified now and can sleep in the rig without constant nightmares, cold sweats, etc. One thing to remember about electricity that is probably not emphasized enough on the forum, is that it only takes one mistake to suffer dire consequences. If a member is not comfortable doing electric work, then they should not do electrical work or maintenance, hire it out to qualified professionals. Safety is always paramount and everyone should realize that they should not work on live circuits, turn the power off please!! Pheww, now I can sleep at night. And, so as not to sound pretentious, I am not a certified electrician, but do have a limited basic understanding of circuits and have always felt comfortable doing minor mods, repairs, etc, to the rig and the house. Is there even a code book for RV's anyway?
Bingo

Whenever you work on electrical stuff, you perform a smoke test when done. If nothing smokes when you turn on the power, you're golden! Didn't you know that?

[jimmy2]

as for the smoke test it would just my luck this when i find out that my smoke detours are bad but i did get 4 feet of 6/4 wire this is on my list to do need to finish the E-Z Flex® Complete Tandem Kit first

[K&Gs3400RL]

I too had the 50 amp wired surge guard, but when I found out I would also have to install a transfer switch when I run the generator, I gave up. So I took it back, and got the portable one. My kind of install.

[mtheo]

I also installed mine right behind my panel and had plenty of wire. easy to do.