How do you hook up to shore power at your home

[inlyzbldcj]

Hey friends....how does everyone hook up to shore power at home just to cool your fridge/freezer before heading out on a trip? I am just running the generator a couple hours before heading out now and that is doing the trick but don't want to run up the hours on my genny! It only has 412 hrs on it and I know they last a long time up to 10-1500 hrs I am told if you do regular maintenance on it. I have looked into have a 50 plug in set up like at an RV park...our hot tub uses a 50 amp also, but, ouch the expense....up to $1200 clams!!! So, I have a 50 amp cable, a 50 to 30 amp adapter, and a 30-110 adapter....can I go 50-30 adapter to 30-110 adapter and plug into my outlet in my garage or is that a no-no? Don't want to fry anything! Suggestions?

[kwplot34]

You can plug into a regular house outlet since you have the adapters to cool the fridge down but don't try to run anything else. I know the RV 50 amp outlet is expensive to install but so worth it.

[Bob Denman]

That's what we do: plug into a 20 amp outlet with an adapter, and let the Fridge do it's thing...
But we do have a 30 amp box in the planning stages...

[The Gritz Carlton]

^^^what he said^^^ but installing a 50A at home so I can run A/C's when its 150 outside. We have "cocktails in the camper" often.

[Bob Denman]

Yeah... Just a single A/C unit in our 30 amp rig...
But if the cockta9ls are "strong & often": nobody complains about the heat!

[Judge]

I installed a 30A panel myself for my last coach since it was 30A. It cost me less than $100 to do it myself.

Now I use a dogbone since the current coach is 50A but I only run one of the two A/C units (coach is stored indoors) so 30A provides plenty of power.

When I have the coach in the driveway for a length of time, I will just use a 15A dogbone if I need a little AC.




Your other option is to lick three fingers and put two over two of the hots in your breaker box and one over the neutral and then lick three fingers on the other hand and grab the prongs on the shore power cord. If you're worried about a ground, lick a fourth finger

[Bob Denman]

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[EA37TS]

At the sticks and bricks (going soon) 50amp. At the park model we connect to 15amp for fridge cooling. We are getting 50 amp installed there in a couple weeks.

[standerson]

Spend the money and have 30/50 amp service installed.

[NG7V]

I got a 50A service installed at my place after years of using a 20A outlet and an extension cord to cool down the fridge and to keep it warm late fall before I leave for the winter.


A 50A service can cost about 400 bucks to install but it is really worth it. The best money I ever invested in my place was that service. It makes a world of difference.


Ron

[Bob Denman]

Originally Posted by standerson

Spend the money and have 30/50 amp service installed.

Please enlighten me. if I have a 30 amp rig: why do I need a 50 amp outlet?
I'm actually planning on a 20/30 amp box...

[ducksface]

Originally Posted by standerson

Spend the money and have 30/50 amp service installed.

Why?

My last rv ran off of a 50ft 12 gauge extension cord just fine...ac and all.

The pic is of my 24.1 plugged into the nearest outlet. My shop has most 110 and 220v type outlets, 15a110, to 50a220. No need for any except the common 15a110v for an RV. If I needed different, it's just a matter of dragging the rv cord to different. I don't need different to keep the fridge running.

(The dirt in the pic? Its the back corner of my big shop. Needs hosed down)

[NG7V]

Originally Posted by Bob Denman

Please enlighten me. if I have a 30 amp rig: why do I need a 50 amp outlet?
I'm actually planning on a 20/30 amp box...

I was unaware that your RV was a 30A rig. If it is and that is what you want to do, get an electrician to come and install a 30A service for your RV. If you ever get a bigger rig, then, at that time, get them to come back and upgrade your service to 50A or, install a 50A service and use a 50 to 30A adapter and never look at it again.

It is all a question of personal choices. I installed what I thought I needed but you know, a good extension cord always works well. All you need to make sure is that it is properly rated.

"May the force be with you"

[ador]

Most folks use an adapter to be able to plug in to your residential outlet. In my case, I tried it once. I was able to use my refrigerator. But it gave me some problem with the slide outs. (Gave me some error code after plugging the RV to a 15amp outlet). Since then, I just use my propane to cool down the fridge.

Sometime in the future, I will have a 50amp installed in our driveway.

[lwmcguire]

I use the 60amp/240v amp welder/charger plugs in the shop and drive normally. When at our other places or in the driveway then the adapter and if I have to run over the length of the cord on the reel then a 10 gauge short extension as needed.

I can typically run one AC and the fridge on the 20 amp breakers with no issues

Any place you park a lot the correct service is well worth the money.

[Bob Denman]

Originally Posted by NG7V

I was unaware that your RV was a 30A rig. If it is and that is what you want to do, get an electrician to come and install a 30A service for your RV. If you ever get a bigger rig, then, at that time, get them to come back and upgrade your service to 50A or, install a 50A service and use a 50 to 30A adapter and never look at it again.

"May the force be with you"

We'll be sticking with this RV: it's the perfect size for just the 2 of us...
(and the dog... )

[standerson]

Originally Posted by Bob Denman

Please enlighten me. if I have a 30 amp rig: why do I need a 50 amp outlet?
I'm actually planning on a 20/30 amp box...

Have either 30 or 50 amp installed. When we had it done, we also had new service installed in case we got a bigger rig that was 50 amp. Before that, when we plugged the RV into the house and ran anything besides the AC, it tripped a breaker.

Now we back her into the driveway, run the cord to the box on the side of the garage and plug her in.

[16ACE27]

Originally Posted by inlyzbldcj

Hey friends....how does everyone hook up to shore power at home just to cool your fridge/freezer before heading out on a trip? I am just running the generator a couple hours before heading out now and that is doing the trick but don't want to run up the hours on my genny! It only has 412 hrs on it and I know they last a long time up to 10-1500 hrs I am told if you do regular maintenance on it. I have looked into have a 50 plug in set up like at an RV park...our hot tub uses a 50 amp also, but, ouch the expense....up to $1200 clams!!! So, I have a 50 amp cable, a 50 to 30 amp adapter, and a 30-110 adapter....can I go 50-30 adapter to 30-110 adapter and plug into my outlet in my garage or is that a no-no? Don't want to fry anything! Suggestions?

Do you have a residential fridge in your 17 Hurricane? Or a propane/120 VAC fridge? If not residential you don't need to run the generator but you can still plug into your house's duplex receptacle to run the fridge on 120 VAC and keep your batteries charged, otherwise it should cool on propane just fine.

[philj]

I had a 50 Amp receptacle installed in the garage for $300.00 works great and keeps storage batteries charged... only charge on weekends and before a trip for the refrigerator!!!

[Muggs]

I am plugged in all the time. At home I have 30 amp connection. Many other places a 20 amp circuit works fine for fridge and A/C. I have the 15k A/C and never trip 20 amp.

Our friidge is never off, we use for overflow and RV rarely sits more than 2 weeks at a time. Have only defrosted twice in 5 years.

When idle, we keep A/C on 80 to 82 to keep inside dry. This helps slow ice buildup in fridge.

Before trip we fill fidge a couple days before departing and lower A/C night before or morning of departure.

Doing this never seems to add more than $15 or $20 to bill at most. Even living in it spring in Charleston with A/C on for 2.5 weeks only bumped bill less than $50.