CF#5 How to hook up RV / Motorhome / Camping Trailer electricity to shore power for beginners. 

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I'm here at 1am because im going to a KOA this Friday.

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Thanks for the information Kevin this is the sort of info that helps the group enjoy their time around the campfire

I was just going to say the same stuff. That the 20amp + 30amp you don’t get 50 amp in the plug. One side has 30amp and the other side only has 20amp. The 50 amp line gives you 50amps each on the two sides of the plug.

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I am unsure why you want to turn off the 30-amp breaker are you having issues, normally you can turn it off and on without unplugging understand I am an RVer not an electrician.

Sorry just saw this did you get your issue resolved?

@@campfirerver5678 I needed to buy new batteries for the chassis and house as I just purchased the motorhome used(private sale). But, I still can't get any straight answers about important procedures which are not well discussed in the manuals. All of the forums have people contradicting each other or have completely different systems. I have just been killing the breakers before I plug in and make sure there's no load when starting the generator. I imagine the transfer switch will take care of the rest. I hope.

Ok so you can start the generator while plugged in the transfer switch will not kick in until the generator is up to RPM to take the load, you may have noticed that the micro display does not come on immediately but after the generator has run for a while. Now while plugged into shore power your batteries should charge there is usually a converter, takes 120 V converts to 12V, built into your rig I say usually since you have a used unit sometimes you don't know what a previous owner did, there is not a consistent place that they install these you may have to dig a round to find it and check that none of the fuses have blown if you can use a meter you can see if a 12v charge is coming out. With all trouble shooting make sure you take safety first. @@Jurornumber5

@@campfirerver5678 Thanks. I do have a charger/converter for the house batteries and a battery tender/minder for the chassis batteries. Everything seems to be working flawlessly now with new batteries. Things were different with the old ones. What's $1,000 for some new batteries. Next up is some new rubbers!💸💰🤑

check out this thread on an RV site that is pertinent to your question www.irv2.com/forums/f258/precautions-about-50-amp-extension-cord-407657.html

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Most portable generators can't carry the load at higher amperages seen with ,say a rooftop a/c. They will trip the breaker. You would damage the unit, otherwise.

Do you use a surge protector? Thanks and great video!

Looks like the Campfire community was on hope the feed back helped

Brent it has been my experience that most RV Pedestals are 100 amp service this means that yes you can run your 50 amp RV off the same shore power with your 30 amp, there will be 3 breakers one to protect your 50 amp service one to protect your 30 amp service and one for the 120v 15 or 20 amp service. Hope this helps.

Brent, I’m a retired electrical design engineer. Yes you can plug into all three and turn them on if you would like to. Most likely you will not be using anywhere near the capacity of the pedestal.

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