Do RV park hookups have home outlets or just 30A plugs only?

I'd never seen an RV pedestal without a 15a plug until a couple weeks ago. I was at a campground where the pedestal only had 30a. I normally only use a 12gauge extension cord so I didn't have the 30a to 15a adapter so I had pull my shore cable out from the mouse hole.

I've never seen a 50a in any of the campgrounds I go to.

Usually a 30 and/or 50 amp & standard 120v (nominal) 'home' receptacle. Never seen a pedestal that didn't have 'home' outlet, but never seen one that had more than 15amp breaker for it. Whether your A/C will run or not?

When you lift the lid to the power pedestal in the campsite there is the funky plug outlet and a standard 110v receptacle outlet. (Using laymens terms)

We just changed cord styles from hard wired to marine twist on type like many of the newer campers use leaving us with a 30A cord with only the male end intact. Went to camper place, purchased the female end and who's it up which gave us a 30A extension cord. Were you to do this you could use the appropriate dog bone or other adapter to use the 120 outlet. Still don't overload that circuit at the box but at least you'll have a heavy enough cord for cheap. Right? Or would this actually Fix your issue completely. If your converter is dead, well that's another matter and beyond me. I use the pros on anything inside like that which might run something at the least n or burn the camper and me up.

Sentinelist wrote:
the AC draws 1600w at full tilt.

Don't forget the start-up surge of the AC. It's quite possible the cord, or the smaller 20a blades, and/or the pedestal won't handle it. And if they do, they might not handle it 100s of times.

Most RV campgrounds have 15,30 & 50 amp service.

Don't suppose you have any pictures of your defunct power center and replacement set-up?

Thanks, folks. Always quick and knowledgable responses here! Glad to hear I may be in luck. Putting the 30A plug back on is a no-go, as I literally cut it off, since my power center is dead that it was hardwired to. Not to mention it's incompatible with the inverter setup I have now. Good to know about the adaptors, and I've seen inline surge protectors- I may look at getting one of these so I don't get anything zapped. It sounds like an inline 20A breaker would be a good idea. If I can find one that happens to have handy 3-prong outlets in/out (male/female), that would be perfect...

The 12GA cord I'm using is rated for 1875w, and the AC draws 1600w at full tilt. It would be switched over to fan-only (120w) or turned off to briefly run the microwave (1000w) or coffee maker (650w), but the tiny TV sips on DC power and the fridge would be running off propane. Seems perfectly doable as I've designed, unless I've missed something. This isn't a giant Class-A or anything. :) Just need the basics going here and there.

I carry several T-bone adapters, available at most RV parts stores. 50Amp male to 30 Female, then a 30 amp male to a 20 amp female and since I only have a 30 amp cord on my Lance TC, I have a 20 amp male to 30 amp female one also. These cover all the situations I run into, so far. I find some of the rural private campgrounds I like in Canada only have 20 amps as some are running their own generators for power at the roadhouse, etc.

If I plug my 30 amp power cord into a 50 amp plug in, using one of the adapters, if I overload it, it just pops my main 30 amp breaker and so I am protected. A 20 amp main cord would do the same if you have a 20 amp main breaker on your TC. I run my AC, a 13.5K BTU unit on a house 20 amp circuit without problems, but that is a full load other than a few lights supplied by the inverter/charger.

Em, you do know that the conventional 15amp 120 plug is not rated for running the A/C, well, plus the converter and anything else. By "not rated" I mean it will may melt (yes I have seen that)

If you tried the A/C, plus converter, plus TV you would probably pop the breaker.

Me, I would put the 30-TT plug back on, and use a 30to15 converter to plug into regular outlets.

Yes many have a GFCI 5-20 connector but not all. 30/15 adapter or 50/15 adapter would also work but you should have some sort of over current protection if an adapter is used.