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Jackalope wrote:

Daveinet wrote:

Jackalope wrote:
I'm sorry. I must've said something to give you the wrong impression. He never said I couldn't plug it into a regular outlet. What I meant was that he doesn't have a 50 amp service so I can check the operation of the inverters and all the electronics at the same time. But he hasn't refused me anything other than to take it somewhere overnight. If I gave you the impression that he'd refused anything else, the fault is mine.

OK, so now that I do understand, I'll give you an explanation of RV shore power. 50 amp service is not 50 amps on 1 circuit. It is 2 circuits consisting of 1 30amp circuit, and 1 20 amp circuit, totaling 50 amps. The single 30 amp service runs virtually everything in the RV except the rear AC unit. If you plug the 30 amp side into a standard 15 amp outlet, virtually everything in your RV will work, however you are limited to not turning on several things at the same time. So for test purposes, the 30 amp side can be plugged in, so you can test each appliance and feature. Unless someone has lost the adapter, the RV should have a short cord that you can plug the 50 amp cable into. This splits off the 30 amp circuit, so that everything will run. They should also have a 30 amp to 15 amp adapter, so you can plug the 30 amp cord into a standard 15 amp outlet. As long as you don't try to run the AC unit and plug in a hair dryer, you won't overload anything.

The reality is, most everyone here plugs there 30 amp plug into a 15 amp outlet when they power the RV at their own home, just to charge the batteries to supply voltage to the lights and other electronics.

The rear AC unit gets its power from the 20 amp side of the 50 amp plug. Probably not a real easy way to power that up.

Wow! HUGE help Dave. Thanks a ton.

This is wrong information. 50 amp service is really 2 50 amp service lines for a total of 100 amps. If you measure across the 2 hot lines you will see 220 Volts. You won't see this with a 30 amp service.