Shore Power At Home???

[Thrak]

How do you deal with shore power for your unit at home? Have you had a separate 30 AMP circuit installed? Brand new to this so perhaps this is a "dumb" question but inquiring minds want to know.

 

[splitting_lanes]

I use an adapter and plug it in to a 20 amp circuit.

 

[Centex]

Have you had a separate 30 AMP circuit installed?

This, DIY in my case since I live in a rural area where that's allowed by the county and my serving electrical cooperative (I followed current NEC, installed a dedicated 30A AFCI/GFCI breaker in my 200A panel).

Living in hot Texas I find it convenient to be able to run the trailer A/C and plug-in power tools while doing multi-day projects.

 

[CharlesinGA]

I installed a 30tt receptacle in my shop but quickly realized it was a PITA to get out the shore cord, so I have an adapter on the trailer, and a 14 gauge cord in a receptacle. If I want to test the A/C, then I get the shore cord out.

 

[brroberts]

I tapped the sewer line to septic for black and gray, had a water faucet already, got some gravel to level the existing gravel pad, put in a 50 amp outlet, and have my own RV site. It’s available for fellow Escape owners whenever I’m around.

 

[Ron in BC]

The adapter works for me also. Just plugged into a 15 amp circuit. I don't have or run an A/C at home.

I do have a separate 110V inlet. So theoretically I could plug it into a separate circuit and draw another 15 amps. That's not the reason that I installed it, it was so I could have the trailer totally shut down only have my winter heaters on.

 

[BravoDeltaRomeo]

Adapter for me, plug in when needed (winter).

I usually just let the solar do its job as I don't need shore power when it's parked at the side of the house and not in use.

 

[C&G in FL]

My Escape in in a metal storage building, and Florida gets hot so I want A/C if I’m in it working on something. I ran underground wiring so I have 30 amps. I also ran 30 amps to a campsite that has been used by a number of EOF and FGRV members.

 

[GregColdewey]

I installed a 30 amp plug on my shop where the trailer is stored so that we can run the AC while we're packing up before a trip or cleaning up after. If it wasn't so hot here in San Antonio I wouldn't have bothered.

 

[GinoandLinda]

When we stored at an external lot, we relied on solar to keep everything charged and running (fan for composting toilet). Now that we have a residence, we use the 110 adapter.

 

[BobG-ESC]

How do you deal with shore power for your unit at home? Have you had a separate 30 AMP circuit installed? Brand new to this so perhaps this is a "dumb" question but inquiring minds want to know.

I have never had a problem running the trailer on a 15 amp or a 20 amp circuit at the house. During the winter I have run a 750 - 1500 watt heater.

 

[Randy in Maine]

I had my electrician install a 30 amp service on the side of my garage for my Escape in my driveway. I already had hot and cold water service on that side of the garage anyway. Quite handy. He told me that a lot of people are doing that for charging up cars including up to 100 amp service.

 

[Thrak]

Zowie! I guess I'm showing my "newness" to all of this. Good to know that I don't really need a 30 AMP circuit for the trailer. I actually do have one it just runs to the back of the house where we used to have a small hot tub (long gone). It kept tripping the breaker so I had new wiring run for it. I have the adapter so I guess I will use that with my normal outlets if needed. I'm so used to the little teardrop where I had to setup the external panel for solar that it isn't second nature to me to realize that I have full time solar. I kept the teardrop connected to power in the garage. Sounds like I will be fine with standard power. Thanks for the replies/info.

 

[zephirus]

Installed a 30 amp box

 

[Jim Bennett]

In the past I just used a 15A service. With my 19 this was nice as I never had solar.

Now in my fully renovated forever home, I installed a 30A service to the trailer pad, well, because I could easily do it myself under my homeowner's electrical permit. Now that I have solar this is actually overkill because I don't really need that much power. A/C does not get used much in a parked trailer here in Calgary. I even built a short cord that stays at home to plug in with leaving the one supplied with the trailer stored aboard and ready to go.

Bottom line, unless you really need to use A/C, 15A or 20A is just fine.

 

[brjohnso]

I added a sub-panel to the side of my garage opposite the main breaker panel inside the garage, and then added a 30amp weatherproof outlet for the RV. I used a 30amp in-panel GFI breaker just to have a bit more peace of mind, since the cord to the RV is sitting outside in the rain.

 

[Dak74]

not sure how to delete a post. Sorry

 

[Dak74]

I added a sub-panel to the side of my garage opposite the main breaker panel inside the garage, and then added a 30amp weatherproof outlet for the RV. I used a 30amp in-panel GFI breaker just to have a bit more peace of mind, since the cord to the RV is sitting outside in the rain.

If you don’t mind answering, did you have an electrician do the work? And how much did it cost? Thank you. Our 21c leaves for delivery in a couple weeks.

 

[brjohnso]

I did it myself. It wasn't that hard. Probably $100 or so in parts.

 

[John in Santa Cruz]

FWIW, I've run the AC in my 2014 on those rare hot days when I want to take an afternoon nap on a 15A extension cord and never had a problem. I checked the cord and outlets to see if they were getting warm, but the AC really only seems to draw around 7-9 amps. once its started. I don't think I have a softstart, the AC is a coleman-mach unit, the inside piece is part 9330F715, but I don';t know what the top unit is.