RV to power home temp
Does anyone use their rv to power their house during power outages?
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I've run extension cords from the RV into the house during power outages, but not into my home's electrical wiring. I have a couple of those multi-receptacle, heavy-duty cords that I'd plug the fridge and other stuff into.
More recently I installed a 10-circuit manual transfer switch with a twist-lock connector mounted in a box on the side of my house. The motorhome has a 6,500 watt generator which would be plenty for the bare necessities in the house but I don't have a way of connecting it to the transfer switch. It would be fairly straightforward to put a twist-lock receptacle in the genny compartment but I haven't gotten around to it. In the meantime I have a relatively inexpensive portable 10,000 watt generator that I've used a couple of times when the power went out. In my opinion it's much easier than modifying the RV's generator to connect to my transfer switch.
The one big plus of the RV generator is that it's in a housing and protected from the weather. When I run my portable generator I need to protect it from the elements (usually saw horses and a sheet of plastic).
More recently I installed a 10-circuit manual transfer switch with a twist-lock connector mounted in a box on the side of my house. The motorhome has a 6,500 watt generator which would be plenty for the bare necessities in the house but I don't have a way of connecting it to the transfer switch. It would be fairly straightforward to put a twist-lock receptacle in the genny compartment but I haven't gotten around to it. In the meantime I have a relatively inexpensive portable 10,000 watt generator that I've used a couple of times when the power went out. In my opinion it's much easier than modifying the RV's generator to connect to my transfer switch.
The one big plus of the RV generator is that it's in a housing and protected from the weather. When I run my portable generator I need to protect it from the elements (usually saw horses and a sheet of plastic).
