30 to 50 amp adapter
30 amp motor home plug has one hot leg, one neutral and a ground. A 50 amp plug has 4, 2 hot legs, a neutral and a ground. When you have a dog bone style adapter, 30 at the pedestal to the 50 amp ...
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wa8yxm wrote:
NOTE: I do recommend having 2 adapters if you have a 30 amp rig.. one which passes the Right side through and leave the left disconnected, and one that works the other way around.. From time to time (Rare but it happens) one might work better than the other.
Plus. with 30 amp Rigs.. A spare adapter (and a spare plug) are recommended anyway.
You should have seen the strange looks I got at Camping World a few years ago when I was testing a couple of different brands of adapters with a pocket multi-meter to find one with the opposite leg from the one I already had. :E:B
