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Gdetrailer
Aug 02, 2014Explorer III
westend wrote:
If you use this type of Mounting block, you can install an RV-30 receptacle with mounting plate in the box. Home Depot also sells exterior boxes with "in use" covers.
If you want to flush mount(recess the box so it does not stick past the wall) the outlet you can simply use a STANDARD ELECTRICAL work box, The RV outlet WILL fit the work box.
If you want to SURFACE mount the box to the wall (box is screwed to the surface and the box will stick the entire depth of the box above the wall surface) then you simply use a STANDARD WEATHER PROOF OUTDOOR electrical box.
There is no need to buy special expensive boxes for this operation.
Once you have your choice of the electrical box you simply use the IN USE covers.
There are a variety of in use covers and some may or may not accommodate the size of a RV plug so you may need to shop around for one that works best..
This is my method and all parts can be easily obtained at your local Home Depot or Lowes.
The only thing I did differently is I used a double square box, one side mounted the 30A RV outlet and the other side I added a 20A duplex GFCI outlet. Both outlets are being fed by different breakers, since my setup is in the middle of my yard I ran underground wiring out to a pole then mounted a mini breaker box (weather proofed inside an old meter box I gutted out that someone gave me). The breaker box then feeds the outlets..
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