Secrets to Safely Connect Your RV to Home Power

[@jlantz3691]

Well-explained. Thanks for that. I never understood this until recently. This could keep somebody from messing up an electronic or having a fire. Thanks again.

[@TheRVCouple]

Thank you so much for your kind words! It's awesome to hear that the information was beneficial to you.

[@yermailmain206]

I’m planning on using a surge protector then the 30 -15 amp adapter. From my understanding I just can’t use my a/c. Thanks for the informative video that could save some lives and money 👍🏽

[@TheRVCouple]

I really appreciate your kind words! It’s great to hear that the video helped you out. Stay safe and make sure everything is set up correctly!

[@ladyj9474]

Excellent! Just subscribed, I have had this question for a long time and you answered it very clearly. Saved the video in my "rv tips" folder. Thank you!

[@TheRVCouple]

Glad it helped!

[@tommyteeth5874]

Great explanation right here. Question- a 50a rv pulls from both sides of the plug . When you use a 50a to 30a does the 30a adapter still feed to both 50a 110v sides at a lesser amperage or does it only feed one side at 30a? Thank you!

[@roberto3262]

It's not how much it feeds. It's how much you can pull through the breaker. RVs use four wires, and "standard" household outlets use three wires. Those adapters simply use jumpers to make the one wire from the house feed two wires to the RV. So, the black wire from the house will actually feed two wires in the RV (black and red). You will have 120v on both legs of the RV. But you have to be careful because you can't draw as much amperage due to that black wire doing double duty. Hopefully, this helps. And by the way, I'm not an electrician or an RV tech. Just sayin.

[@SteveDodson-l8n]

How many amps does a Dometic 6.3 cu ft 2-Way Fridge draw? Thank you

[@TheRVCouple]

Dometic takes either 120v(House power) or 12v(either from a battery or from the car cigarette lighter) Per hour of running it takes 120 volts at 0.7 Amps, or 12 volts at 7.5 amp

[@ryanaldrich7620]

I use a 15 amp adapter to power up a 30 amp camper every thing works but my thermostat is this a rv problem or did I pop a breaker from the power source this being a warehouse not your normal house plug in

[@TheRVCouple]

The thermostat is powered from the furnace, on the 12 volt side of the RV power. The furnace should operate without shore power, does it? The tripping of the 15 amp breaker is a separate problem from the thermostat. If you keep you power drain small, for instance only using the converter to charge the battery/s the 15 amp breaker should hold. If tis trip[ping under light load it is most likely defective.

[@Stratoliner5]

I installed 50 amp plug outside my garage.

[@TheRVCouple]

Great, that's the best way to be safe