30 amp hook up

[Gary Potter]

I'm having a 30 amp hook up installed at my home. I'd prefer not having the connections (30 amp and surge protector) bunched; rather have them hang freely. What should I allow for as a minimum height for the 30 amp rv plug?

[Razorback]

Hi, Gary. Haven't hear from you in awhile..... what have you been up to?

Would an outlet 3' off the ground be sufficient?

(Be sure your electrician fully understands that you want a 30A 110V outlet installed. I have heard horror stories of people ending up with 220V outlets, thus causing havoc with their RV.)

[Gary Potter]

3' should be fine. No snow here. I'll remind the electrician - 30amp, 110v, single breaker. I did read some of the horror stories about electric. Even saw one with a 12" to 18" hole in the lower left rear of the trailer. As well as some pretty serious scorch marks.

[KYAvion]

Razorback is right. This is easy to wire by yourself, BTW, but in any case test your receptacle with a multimeter to make sure it's 120v and not 240v.

At established campgrounds I don't worry so much about the voltage (although it's not a bad idea to check, along with checking polarity), but more importantly before entering the camper I use a low voltage tester to make sure my trailer skin isn't hot due to a reverse polarity bootleg ground.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XfAPkJVYUpY

http://noshockzone.org/are-little-shocks-ok/

[Gary Potter]

Oh my goodness, I can see I'm going to need a special shopping list for Amazon.

[KYAvion]

Just a couple things to buy... I went with the Klein NCVT-2 since it will also test down to 12v.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004FXJO ... ref=plSrch


As far as a multimeter, I keep a cheap analog meter in the trailer. No batteries to fool with since it's analog.

[KYAvion]

Can anyone tell me why Walmart is getting a hold of my link in my previous post?

Anyway, this one includes a polarity tester too...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01IX6DI ... ref=plSrch