Shore power 50 amp to 15/20 amp

[aintnothin]

I want to hook up my 2001 damon ultrasport to the house just to keep the batteries charged. The outlet is only 5' from the coach and can't see pulling out the 25' cord and then plugging in the 50 amp to 30 amp adapter then the 30 amp to 15/20 amp adapter to do this. Can a 50 amp to 110 v, 6' cord be made? What would the wiring be?

[aintnothin]

Groover wrote:
Is the cord in the coach hard wired so that you need to plug it in or are you looking for an adaptor to plug into a round 50amp receptacle on the outsid9e of the coach?

All taken care of!

[Groover]

Is the cord in the coach hard wired so that you need to plug it in or are you looking for an adaptor to plug into a round 50amp receptacle on the outside of the coach?

[aintnothin]

rekoj71 wrote:
I think the confusion (and it might be me that's confused) I think the OP has a cord that he takes out of a bay to plug into a receptacle on the outside of his RV and then plug into the pedestal/house, and he wants to make a short/light weight cord just for use at his house to keep his batteries charged without always having to pull out and connect his big cord.
Most of us have the cord permanently attached in a bay and would just use a short, readily available, extension cord and the adapters left on the end of our big cord, but I think he wants to make a cord with a 15A male plug and a female plug on the other end that fits his RV receptacle.
Or am I all messegd up?

You had it spot on! I failed to mention the twist lock connection on the coach and I think that's where everyone was messed up. My bad!

[DFord]

aintnothin, If your 2001 damon ultrasport has an energy management control panel, set it for 15 amps when you're plugged in through the 120v extension.

[DSDP_Don]

Glad you got it figured out. Now you just need to buy the 5' extension cord.

[aintnothin]

I was just found the same one and ordered it. Thanks everyone!

[enblethen]

That new information makes a big costly difference.
Look at this adapter.
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[aintnothin]

sch911 wrote:

aintnothin wrote:
I was just out looking at 50 amp receptacles and noticed the 50/30 amp adapter won't plug into the motorhome because of the 50 amp twist lock. So now I can either buy a new adapter or a twist lock receptacle. Or am I missing something else?

So your MH has the twist lock connector? And you're looking to make up a cable from that to the outlet?

This revelation will change the responses, which so far have been assuming a 50 RV type cable end connection. The twist lock is not as common on MH's.

That shows how much I know besides driving one of these. The connection to the motorhome is a 50 amp twist lock and I assumed that all class A rigs had them since this is my first. So yes I want to make a 6' cord with a Female 50 amp twist lock on one end and a 15 amp male house on the other.

[sch911]

aintnothin wrote:
I was just out looking at 50 amp receptacles and noticed the 50/30 amp adapter won't plug into the motorhome because of the 50 amp twist lock. So now I can either buy a new adapter or a twist lock receptacle. Or am I missing something else?

So your MH has the twist lock connector? And you're looking to make up a cable from that to the outlet?

This revelation will change the responses, which so far have been assuming a 50 RV type cable end connection. The twist lock is not as common on MH's.

[aintnothin]

I was just out looking at 50 amp receptacles and noticed the 50/30 amp adapter won't plug into the motorhome because of the 50 amp twist lock. So now I can either buy a new adapter or a twist lock receptacle. Or am I missing something else?

[rekoj71]

I think the confusion (and it might be me that's confused) I think the OP has a cord that he takes out of a bay to plug into a receptacle on the outside of his RV and then plug into the pedestal/house, and he wants to make a short/light weight cord just for use at his house to keep his batteries charged without always having to pull out and connect his big cord.
Most of us have the cord permanently attached in a bay and would just use a short, readily available, extension cord and the adapters left on the end of our big cord, but I think he wants to make a cord with a 15A male plug and a female plug on the other end that fits his RV receptacle.
Or am I all messed up?

[chili_s_trip]

aintnothin wrote:
I want to hook up my 2001 damon ultrasport to the house just to keep the batteries charged. The outlet is only 5' from the coach and can't see pulling out the 25' cord and then plugging in the 50 amp to 30 amp adapter then the 30 amp to 15/20 amp adapter to do this. Can a 50 amp to 110 v, 6' cord be made? What would the wiring be?

I use a 100' 12 gauge chord plugged into 15amp outlet and connected to the coach with a 15 to 50 adaptor available from Walmart. Batteries and refer. Good luck.

[Sam_Spade]

aintnothin wrote:
The outlet is only 5' from the coach and can't see pulling out the 25' cord

If you already have the adapters, just pull out 5 feet of the cord and plug it in with the adapters. Leave the other 20' inside the coach bay.

Or am I missing something ??

[aintnothin]

chuckftboy wrote:
Power adaptors are cheap 50 to 30 and 30 to 20 amp. Why would you want to make a cord configured that way? You'll probably have a bigger investment making your new cord.

Just using the 2 adapters still about 4' feet short from the receptacle at the house. I got a 15 amp 6' cord from a hot tub I had hardwired in. So now I can just put a female end on it and plug the 2 adapters and the cord in or just make a 50/15 amp cord and plug it in. The last being the easier and the cord would be there when I need it.