We had a dedicated seperate RV 50 amp and seperate RV 30 amp hook-up installed directly adjacent to our RV driveway at our house when we bought our current 5'er 10 years ago. Our 5'er gets plugged in as soon as it's backed in and dropped from a trip. The idea is to keep our 5'er continually plugged into 50 amp service (which we've done for 10 years) and for an additional 30 amp connection for RV visitors to plug in to. We have a 130' stressed concrete RV driveway with sewer and water directly next to our house so we have plenty of room for visitors...sometimes too much room!!! Sometimes we can't get'em to leave!!!
As for plugging into a 15 to 20 amp house socket...yep..it'll work. But yer not gonna be happy with it in time.
We find we use the camper at the house more than we ever expected. It's like having a 5th bedroom. We stayed in it 2 weeks last year while our house was painted. It's kind of become my so-called "man cave" from time to time. Visiting friends like to stay in the camper as a novelty. And, if you're going to run power, it only costs a skosh more to go 1st class and install a 50 amp hook-up. If yer gonna do it, do it right the first time. Just make sure you hire a qualified electrician who's knowledgable in RV electrical connections. We had also to increase our incoming house power panel service from 200 amps to 300 amp service to handle the extra 50 and 30 amp RV hookups to be safe. And of course the city wanted their cut to verify the installation was done to "code". But, do it once correctly and yer done. Good luck.
Happy camping!!! See y'all down the road!!!:)
