Why 30a (120v) at Home?
Curious what the extra 15a is for. We only ever need 15a at home where we park the rig and leave it on shore power all the time. 15a does battery charging and any fridge time on 120v. What else...
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dougrainer wrote:
I would replace the outlet(15 amp receptacle) with a 30 amp plug and label the plug 15 amps MAX. Better to plug the RV 30 amp plug into the correct receptacle than adapting down from 30 to 15. 30 to 15 amp adapters are notorious for heating up and deteriorating and not having a GOOD TIGHT connection. Doug
Before we moved, I did just what Doug suggested. We had a room addition with a rarely-used wall A/C served by its own 20A circuit. I drilled through from it, and first installed a regular interior receptacle. Soon went to a weatherproof 30A outlet. That coach had a 13500 A/C and we could run that on 20A AFTER installing the 30A receptacle. Before that, it cooked those 15-to-30 Pucks.
At the house we're in now, I ran dedicated 30A. Many say "Run 50 if you're gonna run anything" but we didn't. Our parking won't fit anything much bigger than what we have.
In Florida, it's critical to be able to cool the RV while packing or working inside, and occasionally we want heat.
