SeilerBird
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Well then what exactly IS a typical RVer/
You are correct, the wiring could get hot. But if it does it is not so much about the amount of amps being drawn as it is about using an extension cord that is too small. You should use a minimum of a 12 gauge extension cord if the power cord to your RV is not long enough.Conquest aka Robert said:You will have to careful with the amount of power you pull from the 20amp plug. It will get hot if you run heavy amps thru it and could melt it. I have gotten my dogbone pretty hot in the past trying to run A/C in july at home.
Wavery said:It depends if it's a gas or electric dryer. If it's a gas dryer, it may have a 20A 110V outlet.....
SeilerBird said:You are correct, the wiring could get hot. But if it does it is not so much about the amount of amps being drawn as it is about using an extension cord that is too small. You should use a minimum of a 12 gauge extension cord if the power cord to your RV is not long enough.
Then you have a problem with the dog bone or the breaker. Wire doesn't get excessively hot just because electricity is running through it. It gets hot when the wire size is not large enough to handle the amperage. With a 20 amp load and number 12 gauge wire it should not get hot. If you try to run more than 20 amps through a 12 gauge wire the circuit breaker should trip long before the wire warms up.Conquest aka Robert said:Mine was bogbone direct into outlet rv cord only.
That can be witnessed by the many melted 15A outlets that I have seen in RV parks.......Lou Schneider said:The 15 to 30 amp adapter and/or the socket it's plugged into are often the weak link when you're plugged into a 20 amp circuit. The contacts in a cheap 15 amp outlet with a moderate amount of wear will heat up long before wire feeding it, especially if it's been stressed in the past and lost spring tension in it's contacts.