Receptacle Adapter HelP!!!
I have an Airstream in which I would like to hook up to my house. The problem being is that my house chord is 250v-50a and the Aistream is 120v-30a. See pictures below! It looks like the House 2...
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Your house receptacle..........
That is a 240V AC outlet (2 hot legs---120V each and a Ground)
Your 30A RV uses 1 Hot leg/1 Neutral/1 Ground
What you could do.........
Go to breaker panel and disconnect wires on the 50A breaker (Replace with a 30A circuit breaker)
Get a 30A RV receptacle and outlet box
Wire it using the existing wiring from that 50A plug BUT use only 1 Hot leg and the 1 ground......then use the other existing wire (that was 2nd hot) as Neutral (Wrap white tape at each end of wire) and connect panel side end of that wire to neutral bus bar. Connect the ground wire to ground bus bar and the 1 hot leg to new 30A circuit breaker
Now you have a 30A RV receptacle to plug your RV into
That is a 240V AC outlet (2 hot legs---120V each and a Ground)
Your 30A RV uses 1 Hot leg/1 Neutral/1 Ground
What you could do.........
Go to breaker panel and disconnect wires on the 50A breaker (Replace with a 30A circuit breaker)
Get a 30A RV receptacle and outlet box
Wire it using the existing wiring from that 50A plug BUT use only 1 Hot leg and the 1 ground......then use the other existing wire (that was 2nd hot) as Neutral (Wrap white tape at each end of wire) and connect panel side end of that wire to neutral bus bar. Connect the ground wire to ground bus bar and the 1 hot leg to new 30A circuit breaker
Now you have a 30A RV receptacle to plug your RV into
