Assuming you are asking about hooking up to 120VAC maybe at home where you do not have a camp ground type pedestal around.
All you need to do is run a good quality preferably a 10-gauge construction grade YELLOW extension cord (10-3) into the 120VAC RECEPTACLE in your garage. You can use a 12-GAUGE (12-3) but I would not go any smaller gauge wiring extension cord (Like the red ones at WALMARTS)... All three wires must be connected in the receptacle to provide HOT-NEUTRAL-GROUND to your shore power connection. At the other end of the extension you will need to purchase a RV30A-15A long DOGBONE type adapter from WALMART that looks like this...
DO NOT USE any of the small 30A-15A round type adapters otherwise your shore power cable prongs will melt down on you.
We do this all the time with our two trailers sitting in my back yard. We can run most anything in the trailer with the 20AMP SERVICE we are plugged into. The problem is you can only one high wattage at a time. I.E. if you are running the air conditioner then when you turn on the microwave it will trip your house breaker.
We always use a RV 120VAC Plug In voltmeter in a good spot inside the trailer so we can get a good glance at it before turning on any high wattage item. This meter has the SAFE ZONE printed on the faceplate. If the AC VOLTAGE is not inside the GREEN SAFE ZONE then we will not turn on anything that is high wattage...
works good for us. Also is a good idea to carry these items with you on trips. You never know when you might need to plug-in to a 120VAC 15A/20A circuit. when we visit the kids we do this in their garage and sleep in our trailer when visiting.
Roy Ken
All you need to do is run a good quality preferably a 10-gauge construction grade YELLOW extension cord (10-3) into the 120VAC RECEPTACLE in your garage. You can use a 12-GAUGE (12-3) but I would not go any smaller gauge wiring extension cord (Like the red ones at WALMARTS)... All three wires must be connected in the receptacle to provide HOT-NEUTRAL-GROUND to your shore power connection. At the other end of the extension you will need to purchase a RV30A-15A long DOGBONE type adapter from WALMART that looks like this...
DO NOT USE any of the small 30A-15A round type adapters otherwise your shore power cable prongs will melt down on you.
We do this all the time with our two trailers sitting in my back yard. We can run most anything in the trailer with the 20AMP SERVICE we are plugged into. The problem is you can only one high wattage at a time. I.E. if you are running the air conditioner then when you turn on the microwave it will trip your house breaker.
We always use a RV 120VAC Plug In voltmeter in a good spot inside the trailer so we can get a good glance at it before turning on any high wattage item. This meter has the SAFE ZONE printed on the faceplate. If the AC VOLTAGE is not inside the GREEN SAFE ZONE then we will not turn on anything that is high wattage...
works good for us. Also is a good idea to carry these items with you on trips. You never know when you might need to plug-in to a 120VAC 15A/20A circuit. when we visit the kids we do this in their garage and sleep in our trailer when visiting.
Roy Ken
