110 hookup only ???

Bought an adapter today. Goes from 50 amp to 30 amp, it's just a short adapter, no dog bone, it cost about $10. I have an adapter to go from the 30amp to 110 20 amp service. I shouldn't need AC's where I'm headed, and probably will only use the TV and lights, will turn everything else off or switch to propane where I can. Thanks for all the feedback.
Brian

luberhill wrote:
I was pretty sure when I ran an outside outlet at my neighbors house for his MH it was a 220 30 amp outlet....I am sure it was a double pole 220 amp breaker

I am positive if your neighbor plugged a 30 amp RV into a 220V connection, it was a very expensive experience as he had to replace a lot of equipment.

4x4van wrote:

supercub wrote:
Have never done this before. I'm hooking up were there's only 110 service available. What do I do?? Will that keep the batteries charged, assuming I only run the TV etc. No Air Conditioners, I know. Would I plug into the 110 and then turn the invertor on and run off that or ?? Thanks

EVERYWHERE you hook up, is only 110VAC service. Do you mean that there is only a small 15A plug for the hookup? Plugging in to shore power (even a 15A plug) will provide 110VAC at your outlets and will provide 12vdc through the converter for lights, water pump, etc and battery charging. If you want to run AC, you'll likely need a 110VAC 30A supply.

So you are saying those 30 amp and 50 amp plugs are 110 volt NOT 220 volt ??? So they are 50 amp 110volt ?? I was pretty sure when I ran an outside outlet at my neighbors house for his MH it was a 220 30 amp outlet....I am sure it was a double pole 220 amp breaker

So, assuming you have a 50 amp coach and you have the adapter (dog bone) that takes the 50 amp down to a 30 amp and the adapter that takes that 30 amp plug down to a 15/20 amp plug then you can ignore all the previous posts about having power to only 1 leg. Every plug and electrical device in your coach will be live.
That, of course, is also the problem. You need to ensure that you turn off everything you don't need and set your battery charger (inverter/charger?) to a 15 amp setting to ensure your batteries are getting charged. If they are badly discharged this setting may not give you a very good charge but if the batteries were fully charged when you parked your charger will be able to maintain them just fine with this setting.
Be sure the fridge is off or running on propane and be sure the same is true if you have an electric option for your water heater.
A few things can actually be run but you will likely have to ensure you only use 1 appliance at a time. This applies to the A/C as well in most cases but you want to be absolutely sure there are no other draws.

Yes the 30 amp male to 50 amp female has the hots connected.. Its the 50 amp male to 30 amp female that has not...

Says my buddy from camping world NJ...

But he says some online products are not consistent with this standard...

Found out it is 20amp service.

wolfe10 wrote:

lawrosa wrote:
The real question is does he get one leg or two with the dog bone....

Not trying to be difficult, but I have never seen a 30 male to 50 female adapter that did not connect the single hot on the 30 amp end to BOTH hots on the 50.

What am I missing? And, why would anyone consider buying such an adapter???

As I said above, the illustrated adapter wiring is for a 50 to 30 amp adapter - it plugs into the 50 amp pedestal socket and only needs one leg tied to the 30 amp line. This adapter is used by RVs that use a 30 amp connection but may want to be able to connect to the 50 amp pedestal for a cleaner connection or because that is all that is available.

A 30 to 50 amp adapter plugs into the pedestal 30 amp socket and supplies that 30 amp hot to BOTH 50 amp hots. I have never heard of one that didn't work this way.

Can I jump in? Is the water hot?

With our Dynasty, I originally had a 15 amp outlet at the storage garage. So, I had an adaptor that went from 50 amp female on one end to a 30 amp male on the other, then a 30 amp female plug with a 15 amp male plug to go into the outlet.

I had to set my inverter to 15 amp. I basically just ran the fridge and battery charger.

I was then able to move up to a 30 amp outlet garage which I've had for a while.

The 100 unit garage facility doesn't offer 50 amp. So, with the new coach, my only choice is 30 amp. The coach electrical system only allows me to go down to 30 amp. 15 amp is not offered in the electric system as we have four 3,500 watt inverters. We are an electric hog!

I did pop the 30 amp breaker once by not turning off the electric water heater while running one roof air.

If I ever have to leave the coach in the southwestern desert in the summer (110+ degrees most of the time)... I was thinking of buying one of those stand alone portable air conditioners as I also have a double 15 amp plug next to the 30 amp connection.

My thought was that I could run one house air and the portable unit to keep the coach cool during summer storage. 99% of the time, I wouldn't be there in the summer but I was last year.

I have three choices in the electrical section when setting the inverters...

220v/50a
110/50a
110/30a

Safe travels,
MM.

The wall outlet in your house is 120 volt.. If the slots are just parallel then 15 amps max.

The wall outlet in your house is 120 volt.. If the NEUTRAL is "T" shaped that's 20 amp

The 30 amp outlet in an RV park.. That too is 120 volt....


So telling us "only 110" or only 120 is meaningless

For 15 amps yes, you will be able to charge the batteries.. once they are full you can run ONE of the following in most cases Microwave, Water heater and perhaps an A/C

on 20 amps delete the word "perhaps" from the above

30 amps gives you one A/C and the fridge (Fridge mayu work on 20 as well)

50 is all you can eat.

lawrosa wrote:
The real question is does he get one leg or two with the dog bone....

Not trying to be difficult, but I have never seen a 30 male to 50 female adapter that did not connect the single hot on the 30 amp end to BOTH hots on the 50.

What am I missing? And, why would anyone consider buying such an adapter???