When it comes to anything related to electricity, I don't assume, I ask. This question will undoubtedly seem pretty naive to most, I am aware of that. I keep our generator mounted in the bed of the truck, and would like to run the air conditioning when going down the road some of the time (and am not willing to mount the generator behind the trailer). Obviously pulling the 30 amp cord out near the rear of the trailer and running it up the side of the trailer and into the truck bed (for in-motion travel) is not feasible.
Would there by any issue with having the electrical system of the trailer wired so that there are two separate places to "plug into", as follows:
1) Drop the coroplast, and route the current 30 amp cord up to the front of the trailer, and terminate it into something like this:
I would then plan to use a shorter cord to connect from this new receptacle that would be mounted on the frame of the trailer near the tongue, to the generator in the bed of the truck. Would plan to get a pogo stick like you see semi trucks use to hold their air lines up, to keep the power cord over the tailgate.
2) Run another line off of the power box in the trailer to the existing round hole on the side wall of the trailer, to mount a second receptacle like above.
Kinda confusing how I worded it, I know. I basically am wondering if it would be OK to have two different receptacles to plug campground or generator power into, to have an option of using either one depending on the situation? Not only would having the receptacle near the tongue make it possible to run the A/C when driving down the road, but it would also make it more convenient to power the trailer with the generator any time we don't have access to campground power.
I certainly wouldn't be doing all of the work myself, and would have an electrician neighbor help. (I am asking for advice here, as he is good with doing the actual work, but not so good at explaining things in terms that I can fully understand)