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grayghost58's avatar
grayghost58
Explorer
Jul 25, 2019

50 amp cheater box

I have a 50 amp 5ver someone told me about this. It has 2 30amp plugs (male) on it and a 50amp (female). So your supposed to be able to plug 1 of the 30 amp plugs into the 30 amp plug at the rv park and put a 120 adapter on the other and plug it into the 120 volt plug so long as it is not a gfi plug and be able to run both ac's on my 5ver. Of course this is at a 30 amp park where 50 amp is not available. Has anyone heard of this and if so does it work without harming anything. Do I need to run fridge and hot water on propane so there is enough power to run my ac's? We live in Oklahoma so it gets pretty hot here and are limited to where we can go because of needing to run both ac's. Any info would be appreciated
  • bdpreece's avatar
    bdpreece
    Explorer II
    Jul 25, 2019
    Bought one several years ago and was able to use it at several places the first year or so. Now almost all parks use GFCI breakers and I have not found anywhere I could use it in a long time.
  • Old-Biscuit's avatar
    Old-Biscuit
    Explorer III
    Jul 25, 2019
    UL, C-UL Warning: Will not operate when plugged into a GFCI circuit, and requires two separate circuits. Always check pedestal power for proper polarity prior to plugging in this adapter.

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