Newbie! 30 amp to 20 amp converter
HI folks, I'm brand spanking new to RVing. The trailer I am attempting to make "usable" is a 1988 Companion Classic. Needs work. My question: when using a 30 amp to 20 amp plug converter do...
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Hi Rob and welcome to the funny farm. I tried reading all the replies and got a horrible headache. I didn't see a real answer to your problem and/or question.
You have a 1988 Trailer and back then they didn't utilize 50 amp(240 vac) in travel trailers. Don't look for it don't do anything weird, if some circuits don't work you can have one or more causes. We need a little more info.
Standard procedure when asking for help is to give the year(1988), make, model and symptoms of the problem. With nothing more than the year and that it is a travel trailer(my assumption), you have a bad fuse or a bad circuit breaker.
Standard troubleshooting procedures should be employed. If you don't know them, they are pretty easy to learn and you can get some good help here.,
There are several articles on RV wiring and I really think that you need to start there. Off hand I don't know the names of the articles on 120vac in RVs but there is, The 12 Volt Side of Life, for all things battery powered in your trailer.
In my opinion, if resetting the breakers doesn't help and after you have read up some on RV electrical systems, start a new post stating year, make, model etc. What you are hooked up to and what you have tried in order to restore power. At that point you will get a lot more good and logical suggestions.
RVs are just tiny houses with the big advantage of having wheels. Good luck and come back with the solution.
Okay, so I went back and reread your original post. You did give the model but I think from what Google had to say, you have a Companion Classic built by KIT. Give us the length and a little description of layout and features, number of axles and stuff like that. Now more than ever I am sure that unles someone radically changed the wiring, you DO NOT have a 240 volt service.
You have a 1988 Trailer and back then they didn't utilize 50 amp(240 vac) in travel trailers. Don't look for it don't do anything weird, if some circuits don't work you can have one or more causes. We need a little more info.
Standard procedure when asking for help is to give the year(1988), make, model and symptoms of the problem. With nothing more than the year and that it is a travel trailer(my assumption), you have a bad fuse or a bad circuit breaker.
Standard troubleshooting procedures should be employed. If you don't know them, they are pretty easy to learn and you can get some good help here.,
There are several articles on RV wiring and I really think that you need to start there. Off hand I don't know the names of the articles on 120vac in RVs but there is, The 12 Volt Side of Life, for all things battery powered in your trailer.
In my opinion, if resetting the breakers doesn't help and after you have read up some on RV electrical systems, start a new post stating year, make, model etc. What you are hooked up to and what you have tried in order to restore power. At that point you will get a lot more good and logical suggestions.
RVs are just tiny houses with the big advantage of having wheels. Good luck and come back with the solution.
Okay, so I went back and reread your original post. You did give the model but I think from what Google had to say, you have a Companion Classic built by KIT. Give us the length and a little description of layout and features, number of axles and stuff like that. Now more than ever I am sure that unles someone radically changed the wiring, you DO NOT have a 240 volt service.
