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johntraveler
Explorer
Nov 19, 2013

50 am cord

I'm a Newbie to RV . I have a 2000 Georgie Boy Landau . The 50 am cord is hard wire on one end and on the other is plugged in an electrical box inside the storage bay. I did pull this out and plugged it in a shore-line for a couple days.
What is this electrical box for ?
Class A
  • ScottG's avatar
    ScottG
    Nomad
    Nov 19, 2013
    2oldman wrote:
    amp, not am.


    I thought it was rather light out to be 50 AM already. :W
  • enblethen's avatar
    enblethen
    Nomad
    Nov 19, 2013
    There is normally a junction box to convert from the cable to interior wiring of the rig. In your case they have mounted a power inlet receptacle in this box.
    Don't get confused with the transfer switch box. That box has relays that isolate the genset from the shore power.
  • Fishinghat's avatar
    Fishinghat
    Explorer II
    Nov 19, 2013
    Probably for the generator to provide power to the coach. On some coaches, the generator is wired to an automatic transfer switch which performs that plug in task automatically.
  • mfox20's avatar
    mfox20
    Explorer
    Nov 19, 2013
    Some of the older units have that box. It is the feed from your generator, so you need to be plugged into it when using your generator.

    Michael

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