Plugging in at home?
In the past when we rented RV's, we would pick it up, bring it to the house, and plug in the RV in the garage to have things running while we loaded up. After reading a ton on here, I have a feelin...
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Oooh. I have a recent story about this.
I have a long extension cord running from the garage that I plug the trailer into. I have been warned by this forum not to run the AC when connected to 15/20 amps. I do run it on occasion when "camping out" in the driveway with the kids on hot summer nights with no issue.
Until a couple of weekends ago. I was packing the trailer all day on a 90+ degree day and had the AC running all day. When time to leave, I unplugged it and it was VERY hot and pliable, almost melty. I made a note to myself not to ever do this again, and went camping. Also, concerned that if it was that hot, why didn't it trip the breaker?
When I got to the campsite, I pulled out my power cord and removed the 30/15 amp adapter. Or tried to. It was melted stuck. I might have been able to pry it off, but was afraid of damaging it and have no power for the weekend. Luckily at the coast it was 60*, and the AC wasn't needed, so I just plugged into the 15 amp service. I think I dodged some kind of bullet.
What makes things even more frustrating, is that my breaker box at home has a 30A circuit labelled 'travel trailer', but I don't know where the outlet is.
I have a long extension cord running from the garage that I plug the trailer into. I have been warned by this forum not to run the AC when connected to 15/20 amps. I do run it on occasion when "camping out" in the driveway with the kids on hot summer nights with no issue.
Until a couple of weekends ago. I was packing the trailer all day on a 90+ degree day and had the AC running all day. When time to leave, I unplugged it and it was VERY hot and pliable, almost melty. I made a note to myself not to ever do this again, and went camping. Also, concerned that if it was that hot, why didn't it trip the breaker?
When I got to the campsite, I pulled out my power cord and removed the 30/15 amp adapter. Or tried to. It was melted stuck. I might have been able to pry it off, but was afraid of damaging it and have no power for the weekend. Luckily at the coast it was 60*, and the AC wasn't needed, so I just plugged into the 15 amp service. I think I dodged some kind of bullet.
What makes things even more frustrating, is that my breaker box at home has a 30A circuit labelled 'travel trailer', but I don't know where the outlet is.
