50amp on RV, how to plug in at home?
I have a 50amp Wildcat, just pulled into driveway for first time. Was going to sleep in tonight with boys, but the AC keeps breaking the house breaker. I have the 50amp plugged into 3 prong dog bone...
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Golden_HVAC wrote:
Hi,
The breaker is tripping at home. You are resetting it. Does the number on it say 15 or 20? I know I am getting pretty simple here, but you are asking for help, and not giving to much information.
What else in your home is off when the circuit breaker that you plugged the RV into is off? Does it shut off some lights, or all the bedroom circuits and the desktop computer, and other stuff with 5-8 amps running on it? That combined with it being a 15 amp circuit breaker, you only need the RV to use 7 amps to trip it.
If you can plug the RV into where the washing machine is plugged in, then it should be on it's very own 20 amp circuit breaker (NEC Code).
If your laundry room is really close to the driveway, and your dryer is electric, then it you could plug the RV into the 4 wire dryer receptacle. You would need to buy a 4 wire dryer cord (it will be 4 feet long) and a 50 amp flush mount stove range receptacle. It will look just like your RV cord end, and wire them together, you will have up to 30 amps 120/240 just like when plugged into a 50 amp service, except only 7,000 watts available, still you can run both A/C's with that adapter.
Fred.
No, I appreciate any/all help. I believe all my plugs in my garage are 15amp, so that sounds like the prob?
I'm done for the night, going to sweat it out with the boys!
If I have an electrician come out and add a plug, what do I need them to install? Do I just show him the sticker on the RV?
