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85Eagle
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If the outlet in your garage is for a welder it more than likley is 220 or 240 Volts and if you use one of the adapters that camping world sells and connect it to that outlet to go from a 30Amp outlet like in a campground to a 50Amp cord you will fry everything in your coach. The web site that 32dgrz gave shows an outlet for a RV but for a dryer or welder you would have another black or red wire where the white wire is on that outlet which would give you 220 or 240 volts.
A friend of ours used one of the adapters from Camping World and pluged into a 30Amp outlet for a dryer and he fryed everything in the coach. Cost thousands of $$$$ to get everything replaced.
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The answer is a bit more complex than the folks above have answered
Have a professional Electrician who KNOWS RVs check it out for you.
If I had eyes on I could have an idea in about 2 seconds and know for sure in just a couple of minutes (With test gear)
However long distance I can only say: "IF you don't know, seek professional help"
Nothin adds excitment like something that is none of your business
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I think the outlet he is talking about is for a electric dryer
The plug for the Dryer is NOT the same as a 30 amp plug
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wa8yxm
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Since the outlet is in a garage it's more likely for a welder.
But the question is this. Is it a 3-wire or 4-wire. if it's 4-wire then an adapter might be possible, I'd need to have eyes on and hands on test gear.
If it's a 3-wire (or 2 wire) the answer is NO, a very big NO, though a professional electrician could re-wire easily enough (matter of moving one or 2 wire(s)) if it's a 3-wire outlet.
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ronandln
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Hey Wayne - You're right, my ignorance of electric is showing. I do have a 50 amp service RV. The outlet in my garage was installed by the previous owner to use for a very large air compressor. I'm not sure of the termonolgy if it's 210, 220, or 240. I would like to use it rather than having a 30 or 50 amp box installed. Do you know if it is compatible??
Thanks, Ron
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smkettner
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What is the NEMA number of the connector? NEMA 14-50R is what you need, what do you have?
oops, corrected the number.
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Deen
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david_42 wrote:If the outlet was designed for an electric dryer, it is probably only 30 amps @ 220 (or 208 or 240, depending on the area). Have an professional look at it. You would be able to use it, but you wouldn't have all of the power you are used to from a 50 amp service.
I doubt if it would cost you more than $6-700 for a true 50/220 service. You better go look at the link posted earlier too!! You can't use a 240 or 208 or 220 volt 30 amp AT ALL to plug an RV into without rewiring it. You'd be putting the full 240, 208 or 220 voltage into the RV, not something you want!
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Les Repas
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What you need is a 14-50
Look at these Electrical Outlets and match up to the one you have. Post the NEMA #
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Dixonmatco
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ronandln wrote:Hey Wayne - You're right, my ignorance of electric is showing. I do have a 50 amp service RV. The outlet in my garage was installed by the previous owner to use for a very large air compressor. I'm not sure of the termonolgy if it's 210, 220, or 240. I would like to use it rather than having a 30 or 50 amp box installed. Do you know if it is compatible??
Thanks, Ron
Unless the thing is wired for 3 phase, which some industrial compressors run on, I would assume it is a simple 220V outlet. A new box could be wired for your 50A RV plug as per previous posts.. Simple adapter?? not that I know of.
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