50 Amp Rig to 15A house power.
Looking for advice on how to connect our 50A fifth wheel (2014 Alpine, love it!) to our 15A house power while loading or cleaning the camper, and conceivably for longer periods. I have a 50-to-15 adap...
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Make absolutely certain that when you push the adapter into the house receptacle (monikered "plug-in") it fits -tight-. This would be one place I would use a replacement receptacle from Home Depot. Ask the salesman to show you a "Nylon" 15-amp receptacle. All nylon receptacles are spec commercial grade and they can ensure higher levels of power flowing through them. Contractor-grade garbage should be outlawed IMHO.
A nylon receptacle has holes on the rear to insert a stripped wire. Then a screw on the side can get the snot tightened out of it. This receptacles are infinitely easier to install than wrapping a 12 gauge wire around a screw.
When a contractor grade receptacle catches fire and burns up an expensive adapter the nylon receptacle will grin and keep trucking. This comes from experience not from reading a magazine ad :)
Make absolutely certain that when you push the adapter into the house receptacle (monikered "plug-in") it fits -tight-. This would be one place I would use a replacement receptacle from Home Depot. Ask the salesman to show you a "Nylon" 15-amp receptacle. All nylon receptacles are spec commercial grade and they can ensure higher levels of power flowing through them. Contractor-grade garbage should be outlawed IMHO.
A nylon receptacle has holes on the rear to insert a stripped wire. Then a screw on the side can get the snot tightened out of it. This receptacles are infinitely easier to install than wrapping a 12 gauge wire around a screw.
When a contractor grade receptacle catches fire and burns up an expensive adapter the nylon receptacle will grin and keep trucking. This comes from experience not from reading a magazine ad :)
