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    Big Traveler JCZhome's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barbara & Dave View Post
    About the only things you can't run without tripping the house circuit breaker are the microwave, A/C, electric fireplace, and the hot water heater (on electric).

    On the trailer, the slide motors and the landing gear might or might not draw enough current to overload the circuit breaker.

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    The slides and levelers operate off the batteries. He'll have to charge the batteries first however, operating the slides or levelers should not affect the breaker in the house.
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    I put a 30 amp box on the side of the house for our little travel trailer. Now we have the 315 rlts which is wired for 50 amps. I use the 30 to 50 dog bone and can use one AC while working inside. We have the choice of using the bedroom or living room AC, but cannot use both at the same time

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    Quote Originally Posted by [email protected] View Post
    Just go down to home depot or hardware store buy a rv outlet box for about 150.00 two circuit breakers and some 3 wire awg 8 wire (whatever length) may require some PVC conduit and just set it up right.
    The box should be all set up for 110, 30amp, 50 amp hookup.
    Very easy to do.
    Then you can run it all
    This is an ideal solution. I would use 6/3, not 8/3 wire. 50A wiring on the RV from the shore connection to the breaker box uses 6/3 + 8/1 wire as do the 50A RV shore power cords/extension cords. The two power lines and neutral are 6 AWG and the ground is 8 AWG.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FT4NOW View Post
    This is an ideal solution. I would use 6/3, not 8/3 wire. 50A wiring on the RV from the shore connection to the breaker box uses 6/3 + 8/1 wire as do the 50A RV shore power cords/extension cords. The two power lines and neutral are 6 AWG and the ground is 8 AWG.
    Correct on the 6/3 + ground. And rather than 2 circuit breakers you will need a single. 50 amp 2-pole breaker.
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    wire sizes
    14 ga, = 15 amps
    12 ga. = 20 amps
    10 ga. = 30 amps
    6 ga. = 50 amps
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    This is what I installed https://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-70-Am...02SS/203393687 at my remote lot where we camp. Used Red, Black, White #6 and a Green #8 THHN-THWN wires running through a 3/4 in LiquidTite Flexible Conduit. It’s basically a sub panel protected with a 50 amp double pole breaker from the main panel.



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    Just FYI...

    If you have a modern hybrid inverter, with load balancing, (and a decent battery bank) you can plug into even a 15 amp shore power and still run your rooftop air because the inverter “balances the load” and pulls power from both the batteries and shore power.

    Same is true with generators.
    This is how we can run our roof air and microwave with a tiny Honda 2200.
    We could run our roof air with a Honda 1000 as a matter of fact, because of the load balancing.

    I should set up a Honda 1000 in plain view and run the roof air in camp somewhere just to watch people’s reactions.



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    Quote Originally Posted by tedzz9 View Post
    NM Cablewire sizes
    14 ga, = 15 amps
    12 ga. = 20 amps
    10 ga. = 30 amps
    6 ga. = 50 amps
    THHN/THWN-2 8 ga.=50 amps

    Fixed it for ya

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    Thank you,,,,,,,
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    Quote Originally Posted by Desertcamper View Post
    My 50A Reflection is parked at my house and the onboard battery in drained. Can I safely connect my 50A to 30A dogbone to a household circuit using an adapter to charge the battery, use the lights and operate the landing levelers?
    Just my opinion here - this is what I did. I bought one of these boxes:

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    Then, I called my licensed electrician and had him install it. Now, I just plug in like I'm at a campground - no problem. This will make 50 amp, 30 amp and 110 available to you (I also use it to plug in my truck block heater in the winter).

    Another tip if you want full hook up at home - buy a portable macerator and have the ability to dump your black and gray tanks at home.

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