Did I Just Fry My Appliances?
This past weekend I took my dad's 5th wheel to a buddy's farm to hang out for a couple of days. Both of our generators were at our farm a couple hours in the other direction. So, i ran down to the loc...
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I had a hard time following how you messed up the adapter. However, to clarify, the 50 AMP cord that RV's with 50 AMP service use as well as it's corresponding outlet is indeed 220V. 220V comes into the RV as the two hot legs are on opposite phases. Just like in your home, they then feed opposite phases in your breaker box. Since all your breakers only tie into one or the other, they only get 110V. However, 220V absolutely does come into your RV.
Anyways, sorry about your mix up and glad it only got a couple of appliances as opposed to something bigger...
Oh, and here is a great site explaining RV 50 AMP 110/220V service...
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So, basically I tied the neutral and ground together coming put of the 220 on the genny. Then run those to the ground wire on the shore power cord of the rv. Then hooked the two 110 legs to their respective spots on the shore cord as well. Walked in, tv smoking. Then I just completely dropped that neutral that I had tied to the ground from the generator. Cut it off the ground wire and put a wire nut on it. Walked in, no smoke but appliances acting funny.
Cut it off. Moved camper to 50amp receptacle way away from where everyone else was camping :-/
