Bumpyroad
Virginia
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rrthor50 wrote:On my camper their is a 30 amp female outlet and a cord with a 30 amp male plug that connects to shore power. If I had the factory installed generator you would connect the 30 amp shore power cable to the 30 amp outlet. The 30 amp outlet is power from the generator.
AHA, you may have solved the mystery.
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wnjj
Cornelius, Oregon
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andref wrote:I don't know much about electrical systems on campers/trailers. I just got a new to us camper and just assumed everything would be identical to our trailer. it is, sort off. When I went to plug it in, the 30 amp plug on the camper is female. No biggie, I rigged up an adapter. How do I know if it is actually working properly and charging the battery? When I have it plugged in and I disconnect the battery, there is no power to the camper. Is that how it is? Does having the battery connected make a circuit? The back of the camper also has a 15amp male plug for a generator. When i plug my extension cord in and disconnect the battery, same thing no power. Should I just leave it plugged in and leave a light on to see if it drains the battery?
Andre
It sounds like you need to find a male 30A cord somewhere. Look inside compartment doors near the 30A female plug you found. The 15A male plug for the generator probably just connects directly to the 30A female. The 30A male cord you haven't found yet can be plugged into the female generator socket or shore power.
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andref
Maple Ridge, BC, Canada
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Thanks for all the replies. I just got to my comp. I'm going to go through the camper AGAIN to find the proper plug. This is a 1995 Elkhorn.
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mechanik9591
bonney lake
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Hello there fellow camper. I read your issue with your camper. well without knowing much about your particular camper I'll do my best to help you out or possibly point you in the right direction anyway. I am a mechanic at trade and over the many years of working on many variety of cars,trucks,boats and camper rv. related to yours in particular once I give you somewhat of a starting point assuming that you-haven't already solved you issues. to start let me tell you what I have at the moment. I have a 1984 Ford F-250 2wd Truck with a 1977 wilderness 10 1/2 foot camper on my back. I think I've had it for about six years now and couldn't be happier with only one exception I wish the truck was a 4wd. I found it through a friend that new I was looking for one. anyway the camper and truck are in emaculant condition for there years. you wouldn't think something that old would be in the condition they are if it wasn't for the pride and care with the help of continued maintenance that has been my fortay. like I tell everyone. maintaining and a continuing maintenance program I assure you while for the most part keep you going and on happy trails for many years to come. you get back what you put into. let me tell you how my camper is set up electrically first then I'll give you somewhat of a direction and you'll hopefully take it from there. . my camper has a 1200 watt inverter wired in series and in conjunction with 2 group 27 deep cell batteries with around 1000 cold cranking amps in each. and properly wired with inverter and of course with camper and truck. my truck battery is never used when it comes to the camper. when you are driving or plugged in somewhere either the trucks alternator is charging all the batteries or if your campers system is supplying charge and the choice of either using 12 volt devices and any lighting that would run on 12 volts but again having the choice of both 12 volt or ac 110 (alternating current). most every camper trailer or any other rv vehicle comes stock with a type of inverter designed to switch from 12 to 110 depending if you are or are not plugged in and also when your vehicle is running supplies a built in charger voltage to recharge whatever amount of used power that you used from the campers battery. the one difference that I have is that mine does not have to be plugged in and I can still use plug in or 110 power keeping in mind that you can only run what your inverter can handle for wattage. along with my two batteries and my added inverter I can pretty much run most anything with the exception of a air condition unit. you can purchase stronger inverters that can run up to around 2500 watts safely. the nice thing about systems like mine is you have the piece of mind that just in case your somewhere where your not able to plug in you can be assured that you'll be covered. the inverters also come with a safety device designed to monitor your voltage in the case that it gets low it will alarm you and or eventually pop a circuit in the inverter that is designed to only let so much voltage drain before it is pretty much telling you it's either time to recharge your system or find a place to plug into. and of course like I told you earlier your stock batter that powers your truck was not being used assuring you of the ability to safely start your truck and once running immediately starts recharging batteries drained while camping. will bud I'm gonna cut you loose for now and with hopes it gave you a direction to begin. I'm sure there's still questions you might have depending whatever other problems you might be experiencing. will that care of yourself and happy trails. get out there and go venturing and continue to find that happy road to your destiny, Dave..............
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