Household Power

[JanetA]

oh, thanks, Sharon! Now, once again, i'm confused as HECK!

lemme ask this again.... what do I need to do to make my house to where I can let my kids come and plug their rig into the house power in order to run their a/c and all their other stuff???????? and, can I do it w/o an electrician, but w/ a knowledgable guy friend that knows electricity and won't rip me off $$ wise!?

[sharon]

oh, thanks, Sharon! Now, once again, i'm confused as HECK!

lemme ask this again.... what do I need to do to make my house to where I can let my kids come and plug their rig into the house power in order to run their a/c and all their other stuff???????? and, can I do it w/o an electrician, but w/ a knowledgable guy friend that knows electricity and won't rip me off $$ wise!?

Yes, your guy friend can hook you up. Have him go to any rv or trailer place that carries parts, get a 30Amp rv outlet, then go to the hardware or electrical supply store and get a 30Amp breaker. If he knows electricity, all of this should be easy for him to wire in. Breaker goes in your breaker box and ideally there's one in your garage and outlet comes off of that breaker. It needs to be a dedicated breaker, which means that nothing else is wired into that breaker but the 30Amp rv outlet.

[JanetA]

thank you thank you thank you! I shall persevere!

later!

[mitch5252]

Question (taken from the internet)
If you could help me understand the difference between the 50 amp and 30 amp outlets I would appreciate your advice. Is the 50 amp a 220 line ? with a 20 and 30 amp or is it a 50 amp at 120 ? To add to the confussion is the 4 prong plug 50 amp ? Thank you for your help ! Larry

Answer
One supplies up to 30 amps of voltage, one supplies up to 50 amps of voltage. 30/50 amp outlets are usually always 220 volt. The 220 volt plugs are configured as to not to be confused or interchanged with the standard three prong 110 volt plugs . A 220 plug has two hots, a neutral and a ground whereby a 110 volt plug has just one hot, one neutral and one ground.

Janet, hope this helps.

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EXCEPT RV 30 and 50 Amp outlets....they are ALWAYS 110 volts. Do not confuse this...I know folks that didn't know the difference, put in a 50Amp-220Volt outlet in their garage and burned up everything in their rv. And I mean everthing...all appliances, all electronics...had to have their rv's completely rewired to the tune of thousands of dollars. If you should have an electrician put a 30 or 50 Amp outlet in your garage make sure that they wire it for 110 volts and use an rv outlet, available at any trailer or rv supply and some hardware stores.

THANK YOU for clarifying that! I just assumed everyone knows RVs are 110v. My bad. You good (and smart). Now, I guess I won't put habanero peppers in your apple cake!!! Man, you take all the fun out of stuff by being so nice (and smart)...

Do you really know people who put in a 220v for their RV???? Ouch.

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[sharon]

Yup, one of our HOG members did it to a coach that he probably paid over 300,000 dollars for. New inverter, new converter, all new wiring, all new monitoring electronics, new tv's, you name it, he had to replace it. I had to laugh, 'cause he had to do some really creative wiring to do it and he thought he was so smart. It helps that he's a complete di-weed to start with, so I didn't commiserate to much. When my son put a 50A outlet in for me, I had to re-iterate to him a couple of times that yes, I was positive that it was 110V. Then when I pointed out to him that all of the appliances, tv's, etc were 110V, he got it. Then, I stood over him and watched to make sure he did it right, even tho this kid is a whiz with electric. But at least now, when I visit him I have electric, even tho he has no power in his garage while I'm there. If he really needs to use something in the garage I just unplug until he's done. He loves his mama!

[mitch5252]

He loves his mama!

How could he not...

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[sharon]

He loves his mama!

How could he not...

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Thank you!