"cheater" plugs

newman fulltimer wrote:
Been around for years yes they work

Correction: Yes they work.. IN very few places.

The problem is the electrical code, In most parks today the 20 amp outlet is GFCI protected and in some cases so is the 30 amp.

These devices will not work if one, or both, outlets are GFCI.

I have one, I have used it (Successfuly) in only 2 places.

You won't be able to run everything, but you will have power to everything in the RV at least.

2 Retired wrote:
Saw an ad for a "cheater plug" that supposedly uses an adapter that allows 50 amp service to be obtained by plugging one 30 and one 20 amp plug at the same time. Plug rig's 50 amp plug into one end, and other end has 1 30 amp and 1 20 amp plug to be put into pedestal at campsite. Anyone know if this can actually do as advertised? I'm skeptical.

Presumably you understand that so-called "50 amp service" is really 100 amp service because it's 50 amps per leg across two legs for a total service of 12,000 watts whereas 30 amp service is 30 amps across one leg for a total service of just 3600 watts. Use this cheater and you'd have up to 6000 watts available, half that offered by "50 amp service".

Yes they will give you 50A total.........

One hot leg will have 30A ability and other leg will have 20A ability

Won't work if 20A is a GFCI or if 30A and 20A are on same circuit

It will not work when the pedestal is equipped with a GFCI 20 amp outlet or breaker as they all should be. When it does work, of course you don't get a true 50 amp connection with a 50 amp capacity on each leg. Instead, you get one 30 amp leg and one 20 amp leg. That's better than a single 30 amp connection though if the loads happen to work out that way.

Been around for years yes they work