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Originally Posted by KNK
I'm a new owner of a RV. We will be visiting family over Thanksgiving. I purchased a "dog bone" to go from the RV (30 amp) to residential service. Having an extension cord appropriate for this use, what other concerns should I have while getting electric from a residence?
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...the number of AMPS you have available to use. 15a would be typical, but some breakers might be as much as 20a. if you are not using your a/c unit, or high power devices like heaters, you should be o.k. for lights, tvs, etc.
what you want to know also is where is the breaker for the outlet - if you overload the circuit and the breaker inside the house or garage trips, and you have no access to it, then you just lost all power.
one idea is to use an extension cord that has it's OWN 15a breaker. When you overload it, you can easily reset it yourself, and not run the risk of overloading the outlet breaker.
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