electrical adapter?

[dutchmensport]

revrusty,
Portable for me too. I've run into the same situation as you have. My solution, ... well ... first ... I have a 25 foot 50 amp extension with the 4 prongs fitting on both ends. It's truly a 50 amp extension cord. So, I plug it in, put the surge protector between the extension cord and the cord that attaches to the camper. Problem solved. Plus, I have an extension for those times the shore power connection was farther than 35 feet from the rear of the trailer, where my cord plugs into. And yes, I've run into many such campsites over the years that required more than 35 feet of cord. So, it was money well spent for the extension, and it works for the EMS (Progressive 50) also, especially when the shore power plugs are close to the ground!

Works for me.

[Folkie]

Originally Posted by JRTJH

YEP !!!!! I feel your pain... I can't begin to count the water regulators, water filter canisters, portable EMS and chocks, blocks, wrenches, even water hoses, fittings, safety pins, rags, mats, and heaven only knows what else I've "remembered" only when I start looking for it again, usually 500+ miles from where I remembered last using it.....

Hard wired, tied to the trailer with a lanyard, put in the storage compartment WHEN I DISCONNECT IT or I'll wonder where it is, usually at the next campground.....

We've been lucky. Only took off once without our water regulator, Y-splitter, hose and nozzle (before we had an EMS on our old camper). Fortunately, our friends were still at the CG and were able to grab our stuff before it walked away. Now we just need to remember to look at the check list before we leave.

[revrusty]

That is an idea worth considering. Haven't been short of cord yet but have come close. Thanks.

[LHaven]

Originally Posted by Kzneft

On the hard-wired ones. I have a toyhauler and we boondock most of the time, but a few times we camped at a campground, so I thought I would hard-wire one in to the RV. It works great in a campground as it's always powered, but when boondocking when you start your generator it takes about 5 minutes for the EMS to say everything is OK and the contactors will energize. When you just want to microwave something or similar it gets to be a real pain waiting and waiting, so I removed it. Probably going to sell it or make it into a portable unit for when I do visit a powered campground. Just thought I would pass this along for those who bookdock alot.

If it's a Progressive, there's usually a patch plug inside that you can move to select 2 minutes or about 15 seconds. The reason to have it set at two minutes is to protect your A/C compressor if your campground has a brief (several seconds) loss of power. So you can change the patch to shorten the timeout, but make sure your A/C has its own restart timer protection (some do, but mine doesn't).