What is this plug for?
This receptacle is in the compartment where by 30 amp shore power cord is stored. What is it for?
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stevenal wrote:
If this is really wired as an inlet, either for shore power or a generator; get it rewired. Energized prongs on the plug (male) needed to plug into this thing are not a good idea. Use a real inlet rather than the receptacle pictured.
Alternatively, it may just be a way to daisy chain another RV. Plug your TC into shore power and plug your travel trailer into the TC.
I think you're misunderstanding what the receptacle is for. If the camper has a built in generator, the receptacle (not the power cord) is the OUTPUT from the generator, and it's power is fed back to the camper by plugging the shore-power cord into it. That is exactly the setup my TC has. No transfer switch is needed, as the camper can only be plugged into one power source at a time: either shore power or generator power.
It's a simple, safe, and common setup.
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