Electric Mattress Pad - Electricity Help
We plan to do some cool weather camping this winter and went out and bought an electric mattress pad, but didn't think about electricity limitations. Now keep in mind and the reason I am posting, elec...
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It's not the "volts", everything (household) is 110 volt. It's the amperage draw you got to watch. Me-thinks if you're cold weather camping and your plugged into a normal 20 or 30 amp receptacle, you'll have no problems with your camper. The converter changes 110 volts AC to 12 volts DC for your lights. The rest passes the 110 volts to your normal house hold style plugs. If you run your air conditioner, electric water heater, microwave, blow dryer, toaster, electric coffee pot, then maybe you'll max out the 30 amp.
Here's a thought, something which is much easier to do with a PUP than a hard-sided trailer, you can always run an extension cord (utility style) from the campground electric pedestal, under the canvas side of your camper, and plug your pad into that, by-passing the camper completely. We use an electric flat griddle and an electric frying pan outside for about 99% of our cooking, and I always plug it with an utility extension cord directly into the electric post, never through the camper. Never had a problem either way though.
Here's a thought, something which is much easier to do with a PUP than a hard-sided trailer, you can always run an extension cord (utility style) from the campground electric pedestal, under the canvas side of your camper, and plug your pad into that, by-passing the camper completely. We use an electric flat griddle and an electric frying pan outside for about 99% of our cooking, and I always plug it with an utility extension cord directly into the electric post, never through the camper. Never had a problem either way though.
