Has anyone ever used a 45 AMP adapter?
I usually require a 50 amp outlet to power my coach but sometimes, all I can get is 30 amps. A year ago I saw this nifty 50 amp adapter that had two ends, a 30 amp male plus a 15 amp mail leading...
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This is a typical campground wired pedestal.
Note that the 50A service uses both HOT lines from the split phase.
The 30A is only using one side of the split phase. In most cases the 20A service is using the same side for its power. i.e. you have both the 30A leg and 20A leg using the same phase leg of the input power. If the pedestal is doing this then you will not be able to add your 30A and 20A together to make 50A service using the adapter you have mentioned. The 30A service and the 20A service has to be fed by the two separate hot wires to be able to add them to get a 50A service.
This would be the same as plugging two 20A plugs in a regular 120VAC receptacle and expect to combine the two circuits and get 40A service... Ain't gonna happen...
The big problem I am always afraid of with having any adapter that has two male plugs on them out in the open is when you plug one side into a power source then the other male plug is energized at the same time. You may touch something with it before you plug it into the second source. Just too dangerous to have around IMO...
The only games I play at times with my 30A service is I will run a separate extension cord out to the 20A service on the pedestal to run my portable oil-filled heater. The 20A service has its own circuit breaker which will not load down the 30A side... I could also very easily run my air conditoner doing the same thing as it has a separate 20A plug I can get to easily. Like everyone else I usually trip my main 30A breaker if I am running my air conditioner and go kick in the microwave unit... The two together will overload my 30A Main breaker sometimes.
Roy Ken
Note that the 50A service uses both HOT lines from the split phase.
The 30A is only using one side of the split phase. In most cases the 20A service is using the same side for its power. i.e. you have both the 30A leg and 20A leg using the same phase leg of the input power. If the pedestal is doing this then you will not be able to add your 30A and 20A together to make 50A service using the adapter you have mentioned. The 30A service and the 20A service has to be fed by the two separate hot wires to be able to add them to get a 50A service.
This would be the same as plugging two 20A plugs in a regular 120VAC receptacle and expect to combine the two circuits and get 40A service... Ain't gonna happen...
The big problem I am always afraid of with having any adapter that has two male plugs on them out in the open is when you plug one side into a power source then the other male plug is energized at the same time. You may touch something with it before you plug it into the second source. Just too dangerous to have around IMO...
The only games I play at times with my 30A service is I will run a separate extension cord out to the 20A service on the pedestal to run my portable oil-filled heater. The 20A service has its own circuit breaker which will not load down the 30A side... I could also very easily run my air conditoner doing the same thing as it has a separate 20A plug I can get to easily. Like everyone else I usually trip my main 30A breaker if I am running my air conditioner and go kick in the microwave unit... The two together will overload my 30A Main breaker sometimes.
Roy Ken
