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Is it ok to run my heater when plugged into my house circuit. ( 15-20 amp)?
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I have my 30AMP fifth wheel setup at home running from a 10-gauge extension cord coming from the garage 20-AMP circuit.
We sleep in the fifth wheel all the time setting in camp back yard.
We run the air conditioner or other high wattage item but have to watch what we have ON at the same time otherwise it will trip the garage breaker.
For us having the 1500WATT Portable oil-filled type Heater from LOWES works best for us. Sometime we might fire up the propane heater but most of the time we just use the 120VAC heater plugged in. I also have one of these THERMO CUBES (AMAZON) that is the 35 degree model which will turn on when the inside temperature get down to 35 degrees and this will turn on the 120VAC portable heater. When the inside temperatures gets above 45 degrees then the portable heater will turn off... This seems to work better for us having the portable heater plugged in all the time during the cold months.
If you use 10-gauge (10-3) Extension cords and the RV30A-15A LONG DOGBONE style adapter (WALMART) you should not have any problems with using your 30AMP Shore Power Cable plugged into the extension cord coming from your house/garage 120VAC receptacle connection... I am always feeling my connections to see if they start getting warm when using them. My extension cords are 50-foot length. DO NOT EVER use the small round RV30A-15A small round adapters as they will get hot on you after being used and will burn up the prongs of your 30A Shore Power Connection and cause low voltage problems in your trailer.
Roy Ken
We sleep in the fifth wheel all the time setting in camp back yard.
We run the air conditioner or other high wattage item but have to watch what we have ON at the same time otherwise it will trip the garage breaker.
For us having the 1500WATT Portable oil-filled type Heater from LOWES works best for us. Sometime we might fire up the propane heater but most of the time we just use the 120VAC heater plugged in. I also have one of these THERMO CUBES (AMAZON) that is the 35 degree model which will turn on when the inside temperature get down to 35 degrees and this will turn on the 120VAC portable heater. When the inside temperatures gets above 45 degrees then the portable heater will turn off... This seems to work better for us having the portable heater plugged in all the time during the cold months.
If you use 10-gauge (10-3) Extension cords and the RV30A-15A LONG DOGBONE style adapter (WALMART) you should not have any problems with using your 30AMP Shore Power Cable plugged into the extension cord coming from your house/garage 120VAC receptacle connection... I am always feeling my connections to see if they start getting warm when using them. My extension cords are 50-foot length. DO NOT EVER use the small round RV30A-15A small round adapters as they will get hot on you after being used and will burn up the prongs of your 30A Shore Power Connection and cause low voltage problems in your trailer.
Roy Ken
