50amp to 30amp Adapters

10forty2 wrote:
Thanks everyone!! I'll order it today and have it when they get here next week!

Get 2 and give them one as a gift. They can use it while at CG with 50 amp hookup. 50 Amp sockets are often in better condition than the 30 amp sockets.

Go to Walmart. $16.95

1,000's are used every day in campgrounds across the country. Looks like another will be used soon at your house too. :B

Thanks everyone!! I'll order it today and have it when they get here next week!

Absolutely what they need. Buy one and give it to them as gift. I guarantee you, someday they'll need it again!

10forty2 wrote:
We have family coming in next week to stop over on their trip up the east coast. They will be camping in our driveway since we have an outlet. Problem is, their RV is a 30amp system, but we have a 50amp outlet for our RV.

My question is, is it safe to use a pre-made adapter to reduce the 50amp supply plug to an RV 30amp for their rig?

Looking at this one:

50amp to 30amp Adapter

Yep, that will work perfectly. They are specifically designed to meet the needs of a 30amp coach owner. I am surprised they don't already own one.

This is a diagram of a typical 50A male to 30A Female long DOGBONE ADAPTER.



Please note that only one "HOT" leg of the 50A service is fed down to the 30A receptacle. This is still provided as a 50A leg from the source which is protected by a 50AMP Circuit breaker but is not of much concern as the trailer that is hooked up to it will have its 30A Main Circuit breaker to not allow anything over 30AMPS to be pulled by the trailer 30A Electrical System.

I carry one of these long DOGBONE adapters in my POPUP and have plugged into a 50A Service several time when camping. Sometimes you look at the 30A Service which is really used alot and the receptacle is really bad showing burned and arc marks whereas the 50A service receptacle is clean as a whistle. I just use the adapter and plug into the 50A Service then...

It has been safe for me to use...


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As always I like to use a multimeter to test any SHore Power Source to see if it is OK for me to use.

Here is two pictorials to use on what to measure and look for...

RV 50AMP SERVICE

NO SHOCK ZONE Image

RV 30A/20A/15A SERVICE

NO SHOCK ZONE Image

If I don't read the correct values as shown in the pictorials I will not hook up to the receptacle with my 30A Popup Trailer Shore Power Cable..

Roy Ken

Perfectly safe.

Definitely - yes. I've used one many times for my RV. The adpter you linked to is correct.