Great article on "What is a 30 amp RV outlet vs a home dryer outlet"

Wayne

Wayne

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I'm mentioned Mike Sokol here before. He's a EE and RV writer and darn good at what he does.

This article answers so many questions about "How to wire an RV outlet"

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How to Install a 30-Amp RV Outlet at Home…

Make sure your electrician understands that a 30-amp RV outlet is wired for single-pole 120 Volts!
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That's a good write-up.

I marvel at the number of people who don't understand basic residential/vehicle electrical principles.

No lie in this story I'm about to tell ...
I have a friend who attended a well-known engineering school to study electrical engineering. He specialized in circuit design, PCBs, etc, and is quite adept at that. He's no idiot in that regard. Several years later we were on a houseboat trip; it was a very nice modern craft with full power gen-set, etc. He wanted to charge his fishing boat marine battery which was mounted low in the belly of his craft which was tied off portside. I was on the bow with some others having a conversation. He came up to ask me how to hook up the battery charger. Seriously; he didn't know how to hook up the battery charger. I said "Black to black; red to red." He went astern and then came back a few minutes later; said the leads were too short. He asked if we could somehow get power off the houseboat gen-set?

I said, after a long pause trying to hold back my light-hearted ridicule ................. "Ever hear of an extension cord?"
 
dnewton3 said:
No lie in this story I'm about to tell ...
I have a friend who attended a well-known engineering school to study electrical engineering. He specialized in circuit design, PCBs, etc, and is quite adept at that. He's no idiot in that regard. Several years later we were on a houseboat trip; it was a very nice modern craft with full power gen-set, etc. He wanted to charge his fishing boat marine battery which was mounted low in the belly of his craft which was tied off portside. I was on the bow with some others having a conversation. He came up to ask me how to hook up the battery charger. Seriously; he didn't know how to hook up the battery charger. I said "Black to black; red to red." He went astern and then came back a few minutes later; said the leads were too short. He asked if we could somehow get power off the houseboat gen-set?
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Not enough common sense...
 
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