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Originally Posted by Yosemitebob
OK, it is two separate legs each 110v which could be made into 220 very easily. The OP left very little info to work with. A lot more info is needed.
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No, it's not. 30A service is three wires, a single 115VAC feed with a neutral and safety ground.
To the OP:
If I were doing it, I would look at one of the manufacturers who make electrical distribution panels for marine use, both OEM and aftermarket. The ones I'm familiar with are Paneltronics and Bass, however, Blue Sea has moved into the electrical distribution market and they manufacture some very nice equipment. I have use a lot of Blue Sea components, but not their panels. I have done several 50A shore power installations and upgrades on large boats using Paneltronics and their equipment is the topest of the notch. There are some manufacturers who make lower end stuff, but you won't be happy with the results. The suitable panels have selector switches for any configuration input power-generator system you can imagine, reverse polarity indicators, and volt and amp meters, either analog or digital.
A 50A installation would essentially give you two 50A legs, two 115V legs with a common neutral, and you can run a lot of stuff on that. I wouldn't replace the converter, but run power to the existing one from one of the 15A breakers since it's only used to generate 12VDC from a 115V input. You would need to run #6 cable from the trailer inlet to the panel and everything else can be used as is since you would not be increasing the load on any of the existing circuits, merely rearranging them to balance the load on both legs.
You can also easily put together a system using residential type components from HD a lot cheaper and it will work fine, just not look as nice. Be warned, the marine stuff ain't cheap, but it's built to last forever and really looks good when it's built into a cabinet front.
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