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[TurnerFam]

also, sometimes we jump to the conclusion that we 'must' have full 30amps for our coach, but the fact is, you can power most anything in your coach on any simple household 15amp outlet - an extension cord is much simpler and more economical than spending the money to have to 'install' some type of special '30amp outlet', wiring, and breaker within your main panel, or sub panel.

If your air conditioner, which is usually the item most folks think they 'can't' run on anything less than 30amps, is a 13.5 unit, it will easily work on a household 15amp outlet that you probably already have easy access to. The best thing to do is to try it and see. If you don't have much of anything else in your coach on, or plugged in, then it'll be a fair test. Also, make sure you don't have much of anything on, or plugged in, to the circuit that the outlet is on that you are plugging into. Sometimes a 'garage' or 'shop' outlet is perfect since not much is in use on those circuits.

Another simpler idea is to run a 20amp household outlet, versus a 30amp outlet - it looks most like a standard outlet, and normal things can certainly plug into it, but it's wires are a little larger, and it has the 20amp circuit breaker.

In our 50amp coach, we've run one of the air conditioners, fridge, tv, satellite receiver, and computers, etc., - all while on a single 20amp household outlet. If I was getting ready to go on a trip and just wanted to cool the coach, or get the fridge started, a 15amp outlet and an extension cord would work just as well.