When Your 5'ver is at Home - Do you.........???

While you can run some things off of a 15-20 amp circuit, at some point you will want more. I think you will be better off in the long run getting a dedicated circuit for the FW.

You can draw 15-20 amps from a normal outlet, using an adapter to hook up to the camper. This will allow you to keep the battery charged, run lights, fridge, or other low draw items.

To run AC or other large draw, hubby is right, you will need a larger 30-50 amp service installed.

If he is handy with electrical, he could do this himself, wife being the helper of course.

Jerry

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!!!:)

Most house circuits are 15 or 20 amps. You may have multiple receptacles and lights on the same circuit, so you have to consider the total draw, not just what the FW might use. For example, if a fridge or freezer is on the same circuit, that can be a pretty big draw, especially when the compressor first starts up for a cooling cycle.

There are adapters to get you from 20amps to 50 amps, so the plug itself is not an issue.

Gooselover wrote:
have it plugged in at home? If so, did you convert where you plug in your fifth wheel to a 50 amp????

I am curious - a regular wall socket in a house - how many amps can be drawn from that?

This is all stemming from DH thinking we need to get an electrician over here to get us a 50amp plug in. Keep in mind we are NOT going to be staying in the coach while at home - maybe a day here or day there just for fun, though.

Your regular wall plug in is good for 15-20 amps. After that, depending on the distance, you will have some loss if you have to use an extension cord (for me, when my camper is parked out front - I have to use a 50' extension cord AND my camper's cord AND 3 adapters to go from 50amp to 15/20amp).

In my setup, I won't run the air conditioner but will run a single small appliance at a time.

I also have to disconnect each night out of fear of some lowlife realizing the amount of money laying on the ground in cords.