adding shore power outlet
Given our inverter/generator is in the back of the pick up, it would be incredibly convenient to have the opportunity to plug trailer in to generator from front of rv instead of running additional cor...
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RJsfishin wrote:
You don't need a 30 amp ext cord. Run a 12ga cord, whats so hard about that.
If just battery charging, don't plug the whole RV into genset. Just plug the converter in, Maybe you lucky and the converter is up front so long cord not needed.
Yeah. I really don't understand why folks are making this over the top overly complicated..
My shore cord is behind the trailer wheels, I have the hatch door with mouse hole.. I put a 30A 120V RV receptacle INSIDE the hatch, ran 10-2 with ground Romex up to the trailer tongue. I put a 20A 120V plug on the end on the tongue.. I now plug a SHORT 12Ga 20A extension cord into the gen and coil up a few feet at the truck tail gate so when I stop I can pull the extension out and plug the trailer in at the tongue.
At the shore cord hatch I simply plug the shore cord into the RV outlet within the hatch.
Simple, no need for complicated extra breaker panels or even a ATS..
So, if the OP has the hatch with mouse hole and can get to the back panel of the hatch they can simply install a receptacle in the hatch area, run wire up to the hitch pin and since they are talking a 5ver they could even wire tie that wire to the trailer to vehicle cord and even plug it into their gen.. OP would want to convert Romex to a flexible "SJ" type cord if they decide to run the wire with the trailer to vehicle cord..
