50amp to 2-30amp adapter
Are these two items the same thing? Are they safe to use? We (14 of us) set up a group kitchen and the 20 amp plug on the pedestal between two of the trailers is not enough to run all the electr...
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DrewE wrote:
I would not suggest using one of these and then putting on a 30A to 15A adapter and plugging an extension cord into that to operate your various kitchen things. In terms of voltage and so forth it's a fine setup; the concern is that the overcurrent protection would be 50A for your 15A circuit, and it would be pretty easy to overload the 15A extension cord dangerously, ...
Reasonable concern, but the simple solution is to ALWAYS use a power strip with a builtin 15A breaker at each campsite ! Less than $10 each on Amazon.
