Cedar Creek 50amp down to 30amp.

[SilverbackMel]

Have not had a need to step down to
30amp with my 2015 Silverback.

Pretty sure we might wind up with 30amp at THE FROG RALLY coming SOON in Goshen.

We are leaving in 1 week heading north. I do not want to arrive in Goshen unprepared. What do I need to step my cords DOWN. I believe I have a like 4 ft long step down cord in my STUFF.

On my Keystone, 4 years ago, out west, I THINK I plugged my 50 a cord into the RV and used the short step down which had 50a snd 30a fittings and plugged the 30 amp into that and then to the power source.

Sound right?

Tnx.

[dblr]

Basically you might need a 50 to 30 amp dog bone adapter, it is best to have one before you get here because most places will sell out early. Also plenty of sewer hose. This is from last years rally but is still helpful for this years.
http://www.forestriverforums.com/for...nds-88352.html

[BandJCarm]

30 amp power source
dogbone, 30amp male; 50 amp female
PI EMS system (50 amp) if portable
Trailer 50 amp big cable

[SilverbackMel]

Thanks. The "last year's" recommendations will be helpful.
I will double check my "Stuff" . The metal splitter I recall my neighbor had one 2 years ago. I will be packing mine. Also heading to Wally World and buying 10ft hose extension for my already 35ft hose. Not concerned about sewer. We will shell out $ for necessary pump outs. Will add water pressure regulator on my to buy list as well.

The "dog bone" is something I had and still may be in the rv. Unfortunately it is parked 65 miles north. I may buy another one locally with an "unused" return policy. I know what you are saying there likely will be none to be had around Goshen.

All good tips!

[SilverbackMel]

Have portable 50amp Progressive EMS.

[GOTTOYS]

Originally Posted by SilverbackMel

Have portable 50amp Progressive EMS.

So do I. Just plug your 30 amp cord in then put a 30 to 50 amp adapter in the line then plug your 50 amp cord from that to the trailer. I'm sure I have every combination of cords and adapters there is.

[dblr]

Just another friendly reminder, make sure you have your adult beverages with you if you care to indulge on Sunday as there are NO ALCOHOL sales on Sunday in the Goshen area

[TrailBoss]

They do make a 50 to 30 adapter that screws rite on the 50 amp inlet to the coach, it has locking collar to lock it on. The other end is 30 female.
I use that with a 30 surge protector when we don't have 50 amp service.
I think Camco makes it.


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[Sterlingsilver]

Best to make sure you are powering your rig from a power source that is equal to or less than the amp rating of your trailer. They sell adapters that will allow powering a 30 amp trailer from a 50 amp pylon but I will have none of that. You want the pylon breaker to trip before you exceed the rating of your trailer.

[dsklapatch]

When I had to use a 30 amp outlet my main AC would not function, only the front unit worked. Anyone understand what the issue might be??

[Flybob]

There may have been a problem with your 30 to 50 adapter. Most likely each AC is on a separate leg of the 50A service. Did everything else work?

[dsklapatch]

Everything else seemed to work, just the AC unit in main area would not work, but bedroom one did, I would have thought the main would work and not the bedroom one.

[ttanous]

Front air might be a 13.5 where the back might be 15. Also make sure your water heater is not on electric. That would take more power than you have from a 30 amp service. I have run mine on 30 amp but go to gas for water heater. Refrigerator is house model so it also runs on electric. You might get one of these really helps to know your available power.

[RSchleder]

Originally Posted by dsklapatch

When I had to use a 30 amp outlet my main AC would not function, only the front unit worked. Anyone understand what the issue might be??

Did you try to operate both A/C's at the same time on 30 amp? Typically, you can only run one A/C at a time on 30 amps so I don't believe you have a problem if you"re trying to run both as your simply overloading the 30 amp service. I am, however, surprised that you didn't "trip" the breaker. Maybe it didn't "trip" because it's a 50 amp breaker, not sure on that though.
Good luck!

[wmtire]

The adapter takes the one and only leg of 30 amp 120 volt power and shares it with both legs (you have two) of your 50 amp 120 volt RV.

Using the adapter, everything should be powered....BUT...BUT you are limited to a TOTAL of 30 amps..... as opposed to where you normally would be connected to a 50 amp outlet that provide 50 amps PER leg for a total of 100 amps.

You don't want to run both air conditioners at the same time on a 30 amp outlet.

Now, if you are not getting power to everything, you could have a fault in the adapter, and it's not jumping the ONE leg to both legs in your 50 amp RV. This does happen.

The way you can check this without a multimeter is to open up the electrical distribution box in your RV. You will see some stuff on one side of the 50 amp main breaker and other stuff on the other side of the main breaker. Check to be sure your non functioning AC has not tripped a breaker...... then also look at the electrical items on that same leg/side. Are these items functioning? If not, then that whole leg/side is not getting power from the adapter.

You may have something similar to this pic:




Here is also a schematic of a 30 amp outlet, 50 amp outlet, and a 50-30 adapter, so you can see how it functions and how it shares/jumps the L1 leg to the L2 leg

[dsklapatch]

I will have to test the adapter, I checked the breakers all were on, and nothing else seemed not to work (strange) The main air just would not function, seemed like the stat would only allow the bed unit to run. I have to say thanks to all who replied, great info and diagrams, thanks much, and happy holidays to all. I am at Scott air base with Daughters family (6 month grand baby) using Famcamp on base for 1 week, working way home to Green Bay with RV after fall outages on east coast.

[spock123]

When I'm on 30amps with my Cedar Creek I leave the breaker off on the front a/c


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[dsklapatch]

Should both lights on power cord be lite up, there are two little lights on my power cord