Wanting to add a new plug on my 28.5rtst

[Deburn]

Looking to add a an extra plug for the coffee bar I’m making does anybody know how to hook it in to the electrical panel and can I put it on a separate breaker. Thanks

 

[Glamper64]

Do you have a proper 15 amp spare breaker or room for one?
If so remove panel cover and see how other lines are hooked up...of course disconnect any power first
Maybe easier to hook into a nearby plug?

 

[Deburn]

Do you have a proper 15 amp spare breaker or room for one?
If so remove panel cover and see how other lines are hooked up...of course disconnect any power first
Maybe easier to hook into a nearby plug?

Took a Quick Look at the panel and it has a breaker for a washer dryer going to take it apart tomorrow and see if it has power

 

[Glamper64]

You're in luck DE? Is there a receptacle for a washing machine? If so you could unhook wires from breaker and use that one.
All you have to do now is install the new receptacle and fish a wire
Your RV must have a 50 amp service...I'm no electrician but pretty sure if that breaker is a 20 amp (which I doubt) you should use 12 gauge wire not 14.
It would be nice if it was 20 amp...you could get one of those monster coffee machines that grinds and roast the beans and can brew/whip up any kind of coffee

 

[Deburn]

You're in luck DE? Is there a receptacle for a washing machine? If so you could unhook wires from breaker and use that one.
All you have to do now is install the new receptacle and fish a wire
Your RV must have a 50 amp service...I'm no electrician but pretty sure if that breaker is a 20 amp (which I doubt) you should use 12 gauge wire not 14.
It would be nice if it was 20 amp...you could get one of those monster coffee machines that grinds and roast the beans and can brew/whip up any kind of coffee

Took the cover off today and I have an empty spot so I’ll just going to add a 15 amp breaker

 

[Kevin Cooper]

Make sure you buy a breaker that is listed on the sticker on the panel!

 

[Johnynorthland]

First I tapped off the microwave oultlet to run an extra outlet on the bottom side of a kitchen cabinet. Then I added 2 independent outlets, one in my kitchen and one in my bathroom. They are not connected to my panel. I got sick of wife tripping the park pedestals when AC was on with her hairdryer and other devices! It required some 12/3 romex and drilling 2 round holes on my outside walls for these below “male” outlets, (from Amazon), as well as 2 regular interior outlets. Works great! We are a 30 amp unit so when I get a spot with 30/50/20amp service I use short 15amp extension cords, plug them into the exterior make outlets, which in-turn are connected to the interior outlets. I never trip anything anymore!

15 Amp Inlet, Shore Power Flanged Receptacle, 15A 125V Recessed Male Outlet, NEMA 5-15 AC Port Plug with Waterproof Covers, Exterior Electrical Connections for RV Trailer Shed Block Heater
https://a.co/d/hNs0BzZ

 

[Kevin Cooper]

I’m a retired electrical guy. Great job adding capacity to your rig! Did you mean #12/2 WG, or did you actually use 12/3 WG? Black, white, red, bare would be 12/3. Hopefully all the campgrounds and your exterior rv shed trailer block heater installation have GFCI receptacles to plug into.
Yup! Happy Wife, Happy Life!

 

[Johnynorthland]

I’m a retired electrical guy. Great job adding capacity to your rig! Did you mean #12/2 WG, or did you actually use 12/3 WG? Black, white, red, bare would be 12/3. Hopefully all the campgrounds and your exterior rv shed trailer block heater installation have GFCI receptacles to plug into.
Yup! Happy Wife, Happy Life!

Yes, 12/2, sorry. And you can use GFI outlets inside your RV to do this, but if you plug a gfi into another gfi, like I do, they sometimes don’t play nice together, but that only happen to me once, in the 6 years I’ve been doing it this way. Or use regular outlets in the RV and use an in-line GFI in the extension cord chain.

 

[Kevin Cooper]

Perfect!

 

[Johnynorthland]

Perfect!

i love having all this extra power!, so will you. I even did the reverse with a solar generator. I put a female outlet wired inside, so I could just plug my RV into the female outlet and intern keep the solar generator in the RV.