electrical adapter

[ed cobos]

hello, we would like to hook up our TT, runs on 30 amp, to our house using an adapter. has anyone had a problem with this? what should i be concerned about? thanks for any advice.

[BirchyBoy]

You shouldn't have any problems as long as you don't exceed the limits of your circuit breaker and don't plug it into a circuit larger than 30 amps. I use a 15 amp circuit to run the fridge when I'm prepping for a trip, but can't run the A/C at the same time.

[bobbecky]

You will only have the current capacity of whatever circuit you plug in to. If you plug into a 15 amp outlet, you will have that much available, so don't expect to run an A/C or other heavy loads. If you are just keeping batteries charged and the fridge going, and maybe some lighting, you should be good. We've had our 50 amp trailer plugged into a 15 amp outlet for weeks at a time and have had no problem, and we full time.

[dougjoliefrey]

There are comercially available adaptors that allow a 30 amp plug to be plugged into a 20 amp standard outlet. The concern here is that if you want to run all of the electrical equipment in the trailer and it wants to pull over 20 amps (typically the air conditioner) then you will blow the house breaker. Since the house breaker is smaller than the trailer breaker it should always trip first. There is no concern for the wiring either in the trailer or the house because the breakers are sized to protect the wiring.

[2014Fuzion300]

This is the one we got, so far so good!

[SkiSmuggs]

This dog bone type above should be superior to the puck type adapter. I have heard of puck melt downs in high current situations. FWIW, I have a 20 amp circuit in my garage that I use and have run the AC with no issue. I would not do that with a 15 amp circuit.

[bobbecky]

20 amp residential circuits are wired with #12 romex, but normally only use 15 amp outlets. Unless the circuit is dedicated to that one outlet, and it is actually a 20 amp outlet, you need to careful pulling that kind of load.

[Zman81]

I also run fridge 15k ac, TV at times and a couple lights on a 20 breaker in my garage but everything else in garage is off. And have had no problems keeping trailer cool and fridge on to keep food from melting or enduring the summer heat while driveway. Also can shut AC off and run sweeper in 5'er to with out kicking breaker as well. And ours is also a 50 amp. I also use the puck adapter and have had zero problems with it getting hot. Just my experience and .02 cents.

[scott24]

I ran 8 guage wire from our electrical box in our garage and mounted a 30 amp disconnect on the outside to plug into. Cost was only about 60 bucks.

[JRTJH]

Originally Posted by scott24

I ran 8 guage wire from our electrical box in our garage and mounted a 30 amp disconnect on the outside to plug into. Cost was only about 60 bucks.

I did the same thing, but the run was 120' from the outside breaker box to the other end of the house where the RV pad is located. Because of the length of run, I had to go with 6 AWG. It's nice to be able to plug in the camper and not have any voltage drop from "too small" wiring.

[Wally15]

I did the same. Works great. $50 or so.