Cheater adapter to run 50 amp
We are at a campground that only has 30 amp. I tries one of those Chester adapters that have a 30 amp and 15 amp going into a 50 amp. Every time I plugged the 15 amp in it blew the surge protector on ...
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Lantley wrote:
If your trying to take advantage of the additional 20 amp outlet I suggest:
RV safe power transfer switch. Works with GFI outlets
The RVsafepower switch allows me to use both A/C's on 30 amp sites.
Their web site is malfunctioning. But from what I can see I wouldn't dream of using one of those. 2 AC's drawing 10-15A each can run on 30A, assuming you can get them started.
If a pedestal has only 30A of 120V then nothing can get more power. You can cheat the safety margins, overheat the wires, and risk damaging the entire campground system.
There are no techno devices to get around the laws of physics.
