Use onboard Onan to power house in emergency?
So I was thinking, hey, I got a fancy schmancy Onan, built right into the camper, so why would I need to buy some portable unit to run various things in the house during an emergency?! So I grab my...
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Bobbo wrote:
Just go with extension cord to selected appliances. Cheap. Easy. Legal. No problems for linemen.
...I have a 30 amp outlet in my electrical compartment, tied to the generator. If I want generator power in my MH, I have to unplug from the pedestal and plug into the generator. To power the house, I just plug a heavy duty extension cord into that outlet and run it to various appliances.
OF COURSE!!!!! DUHHHHH......
I Have the outlet in my elect cord compartment as well!!! I can make an adaptor from 20A male to the 30A 3 prong in there!!!, sweet!
wait....! I can use my powersurge protector and my little walmart, no, has to be a sideways female on the end for the 20A....
stand by.....
got it...
powersurge protector into genny outlet, and a simple little homemade -20A female to 30A male adapter (I actually have a 30A male plug and some 10 ga wire in the shed. DONE!
THANKS for the reminder Bobbo!!
mike
man, I love this board!
