Hello Group,
Having owned several Motorhomes over the years, using the Generator power in a Motorhome to power parts of our House in an Emergency has come up several times. In the older Motorhomes there was an outlet from the generator that you plugged into a cord from the Motorhome to power it. In an emergency all you had to do was plug in another cord going to your house and you were in business. On newer Motorhomes there is an switch inside the motorhome which will automatically switch from shore power to generator power. This is a good feature for the motorhome, but it makes connecting the generator power to your house in an emeregency more difficult. I solved this problem recently, by finding a junction box where power first comes out of the Generator. This was a normal double junction box located in a storage compartment close to the generator. There I installed a short cable to a connector that matches the one on my motorhome for Shore Power ($15). That way I can use the same cable to the house that normally goes to the motorhome. Also I found in the junction box that wire nuts were no longer used, but instead these Waygu snap in connectors, which makes the added cabling easier. All you have to do is replace the 2 connection Waygu units with 3 connection units and add it the new cable. Now with Hurrican season approaching, I am ready for Emergency Power to my house if needed.
John, K9KA
Having owned several Motorhomes over the years, using the Generator power in a Motorhome to power parts of our House in an Emergency has come up several times. In the older Motorhomes there was an outlet from the generator that you plugged into a cord from the Motorhome to power it. In an emergency all you had to do was plug in another cord going to your house and you were in business. On newer Motorhomes there is an switch inside the motorhome which will automatically switch from shore power to generator power. This is a good feature for the motorhome, but it makes connecting the generator power to your house in an emeregency more difficult. I solved this problem recently, by finding a junction box where power first comes out of the Generator. This was a normal double junction box located in a storage compartment close to the generator. There I installed a short cable to a connector that matches the one on my motorhome for Shore Power ($15). That way I can use the same cable to the house that normally goes to the motorhome. Also I found in the junction box that wire nuts were no longer used, but instead these Waygu snap in connectors, which makes the added cabling easier. All you have to do is replace the 2 connection Waygu units with 3 connection units and add it the new cable. Now with Hurrican season approaching, I am ready for Emergency Power to my house if needed.
John, K9KA
if you are doing this during a power outage and linemen will see your lights on and hear the generator you will have a BIG problem ,the police will be the least of your problems.
