House Batteries Depleted. How to Fix??
I have a 2006 35 foot Allegro Bay currently parked in my driveway and I stoopidly left a light on overnight without shore power and the lights are not working now. I am guessing my house batteries ar...
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Extension cord, (I like 12 ga ones from Sears or K-mart with the push button on the outlet.
Your RV to 15 amp PUCK type adapter (You can use a dogbone but pucks work here very well.. See option below as well.
Turn off EVERYTHING you can turn off inside the RV
Plug in
Make sure breaker does not trip inside house or GFCI feeding outdoor outlet
(A night light in a 120 volt non-inverter outlet is handy for this)
Option:
On my coach the converter is a plug in model,, Many, most I suspect, are hard wired but mine plugs in, Now the plug is a 20 amp blade type so it will not plug into a standard extension cord.. Thus I made an adapter cord.
But it will plug into a 14/20 amp NEMA outlet, which is common in houses.. Smaller converters would have a standard 15 amp plug which is the common house type and WILL plug into that 12ga cord
I pull the plug and plug the converter in direct via an adapter I made, I actually have two such adapters.
One was made using a heavy duty "Appliance" type cord and a standard 15/20 Duplex outlet and box.
The other I got a 12GA cord that was, frankly, longer than I wished.
I cut it in two, put a 15/20 amp outlet on the end with the plug and put a 20 amp plug on the end with the outlet.. This way I have 3 different lengths of cord that can reach my converter... (I cut it at the 1/3-2/3 point)
DO not do this if you are not comfortable doing this kind of work.. I have seen folks put ends on cords wrong... (The black wire goes to the COPPER screw, the white wire to the bright screw and the green wire to the green screw, When done use a 3-light tester to insure you wired it properly.
15 amp outlets both blades are parallel
20 amp the neutral is rotated 90 degrees from above
15/20 the neutral is "T" shaped.
Your RV to 15 amp PUCK type adapter (You can use a dogbone but pucks work here very well.. See option below as well.
Turn off EVERYTHING you can turn off inside the RV
Plug in
Make sure breaker does not trip inside house or GFCI feeding outdoor outlet
(A night light in a 120 volt non-inverter outlet is handy for this)
Option:
On my coach the converter is a plug in model,, Many, most I suspect, are hard wired but mine plugs in, Now the plug is a 20 amp blade type so it will not plug into a standard extension cord.. Thus I made an adapter cord.
But it will plug into a 14/20 amp NEMA outlet, which is common in houses.. Smaller converters would have a standard 15 amp plug which is the common house type and WILL plug into that 12ga cord
I pull the plug and plug the converter in direct via an adapter I made, I actually have two such adapters.
One was made using a heavy duty "Appliance" type cord and a standard 15/20 Duplex outlet and box.
The other I got a 12GA cord that was, frankly, longer than I wished.
I cut it in two, put a 15/20 amp outlet on the end with the plug and put a 20 amp plug on the end with the outlet.. This way I have 3 different lengths of cord that can reach my converter... (I cut it at the 1/3-2/3 point)
DO not do this if you are not comfortable doing this kind of work.. I have seen folks put ends on cords wrong... (The black wire goes to the COPPER screw, the white wire to the bright screw and the green wire to the green screw, When done use a 3-light tester to insure you wired it properly.
15 amp outlets both blades are parallel
20 amp the neutral is rotated 90 degrees from above
15/20 the neutral is "T" shaped.
