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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I have not read all of the above but let me tell you how we did it.
First, we have a gas stove/range/oven, gas WH and a gas furnace, with heat pump. We added THIS INLET to the outside of the attached garage, beside where the MH sits. Inside the inlet ran to a dual 120/20 amp socket. We added the same setup from garage to inside the back door. We labelled both inside dual sockets "RV Inlet".
This allowed us to run one standard 20 amp (10 gauge) power cord from MH outside to garage, and did not setup a dead man's cord. We had the furnace wired by a professional to ensure no electrical problems do the furnace normally plugged into a 120/15 amp (remember it is gas and only has to run the thermostat and blower). This allowed us to run 2 extension cords from the MH to garage inside socket. One to the furnace and one to the garage to house socket. We only use the one going into the house for very small items, mostly lighting on the first floor. We have a number of battery operated laterns.
This allows us to heat the house, cook and shower.
Cost of the above was than $75 for the 4 electrical receptacles and a couple of electrical cords. The rest, 10g wire, elec cords, we already had. The furnace wiring cost $125.
First, we have a gas stove/range/oven, gas WH and a gas furnace, with heat pump. We added THIS INLET to the outside of the attached garage, beside where the MH sits. Inside the inlet ran to a dual 120/20 amp socket. We added the same setup from garage to inside the back door. We labelled both inside dual sockets "RV Inlet".
This allowed us to run one standard 20 amp (10 gauge) power cord from MH outside to garage, and did not setup a dead man's cord. We had the furnace wired by a professional to ensure no electrical problems do the furnace normally plugged into a 120/15 amp (remember it is gas and only has to run the thermostat and blower). This allowed us to run 2 extension cords from the MH to garage inside socket. One to the furnace and one to the garage to house socket. We only use the one going into the house for very small items, mostly lighting on the first floor. We have a number of battery operated laterns.
This allows us to heat the house, cook and shower.
Cost of the above was than $75 for the 4 electrical receptacles and a couple of electrical cords. The rest, 10g wire, elec cords, we already had. The furnace wiring cost $125.
