30 AMP OPS

[Pete Masterson]

I guess my coach (being "newer") has evolved. It only has a 50 amp
connector. Everything else is reached by adaptors on the 50 amp
connector.

At my home, I actually have 220 v 30amps available ... but I had to
use 100' of extension cable to reach the coach and I bought two 50'
30 amp cables (and a matching receptacle) ...not realizing that they
were only 110v until I started to wire it up (and ended up with an
"extra" wire). (Hey, I don't do that much wiring.)

Had I realized, I'd have purchased 50 amp extensions and wired for
220 ... knowing that the outlet had a 30 amp breaker instead of 50.
(If only I could park the coach closer to the house!)

Still, the primary (and only) connection powers the leg with the
charger when 30 amp 110 v is all that's available.

So, my question is: Can the "cheater cable" actually work with a 50
amp connection to get power to both legs? In a couple of parks that
didn't have 50 amps, it seemed that I could connect to 30 and 20 (or
15)? Would that work?

Pete Masterson
aeonix1@...
'95 Bluebird Wanderlodge WBDA 4203
El Sobrante, CA




On Aug 12, 2006, at 5:21 AM, Tom Warner wrote:

> All wanderlodges that I have seen have one 50 amp plug and two 30 amp
> plugs. The 50 amp plug serves both leg one and leg two (with the main
> switch set to shore 50). One 30 amp plug serves the drivers side of
> the coach and the other 30 amp plug serves the passenger side (with
> the main switch set to shore 30). On the forward controls the drivers
> side 30 amp plug serves the chargers and on the PTs the passenger
> side plug serves the chargers. To ensure that you can charge using 30
> amps just make sure you are plugged into the correct 30 amp plug.
>
> Tom warner
> vernon center,ny
> 1985 PT 40
>
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> At 06:31 AM 8/12/2006, you wrote:
>> Leroy,
>> On my 86 PT40 I have on the outside of coach one 50 amp connector
>> and two 30 amp connectors one 30 amp connector for leg one and one
>> thirty amp connector for leg two
>> Howard Truitt Camilla, Ga. 86 PT40
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: jwasnewski
>> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 6:14 PM
>> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] 30 AMP OPS
>>
>>
>> Recently I stopped overnight and had to use 30amp park power. I
>> carry
>> a cable for that purpose but have never used it. 30amp gave me
>> leg two
>> in the coach but did not go through the Trace inverter to charge
>> the
>> batteries. Looked at my diagrams with no luck. I may need to get a
>> 50amp female recepticle for the end of my 30amp cord, plug it
>> into the
>> normal 50amp line and see what happens. Doesn't make sense that the
>> factory 30amp bus connection does not charge the batteries. Is this
>> normal?
>>
>> Leroy Eckert
>> 1990WB40
>> Niceville, FL
>>
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