30 amp Hookup at Home

[Skillet]

After a couple years of thinking about it, I had an electrician put a 30amp hookup in my garage. I told him several times it had to be 120v and not 240... I've been doing an adaptor that allows it to be plugged in a standard house outlet when it's parked in my driveway. Much more convenient and more power now. I have a Progressive surge protector attached to it as well. The garage door closes on the cord.

[pdemarest]

This is a project that been on my "to do" list for a while. Currently I plug my rig into a 15 amp outlet which is fine for the everything except the microwave and A/C. I have a "leftover" 30 amps available for an RV outlet because I switched from an electric stove to a gas one in my home so when I get around to hiring an electrician at least I have enough power for an RV outlet. We live in a small house so the RV could then serve as a guest room once we have an outlet.

[pushx]

Looking good:
This was one of those things that I'm glad I tackled. The main problem I had while installing is that it started raining...not once, but twice on two separate days when I was installing. Ridiculous.

Here's a quick rundown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c1Mb8a5e-M

I used this outlet:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-30-Amp-T ... /202307113
This 'whip assembly':
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0756 ... UTF8&psc=1

Breaker:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Siemens-30- ... /100025423

I also needed a ground buss bar, as my panel is pretty full up, which I installed when I put in the breaker.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Eaton-5-Ter ... /100133761

[chin_k]

Skillet, how much your electrician charge you on the install? I can do most of it myself, but decided to get a C10 electrician to do it due to requirement of a rebate program that I can take advantage of. As a Californian, I want to thank all of your tax dollars.

[HoosierB]

After a couple years of thinking about it, I had an electrician put a 30amp hookup in my garage. I told him several times it had to be 120v and not 240... I've been doing an adaptor that allows it to be plugged in a standard house outlet when it's parked in my driveway. Much more convenient and more power now. I have a Progressive surge protector attached to it as well. The garage door closes on the cord.

Same here, Skillet. When I had my pole building retrofitted with a taller garage door to accommodate the Chinook, I also had an electrician do a whole building electrical service upgrade which included a dedicated 30 amp service outlet. Installed next to the new outlet, a plastic round cable access hatch serves as an exterior wall pass-thru for the cordset when the rig sits outside and garage door is closed. My surge protector is hardwired inside the rig, so the new cordset passes thru easily.

[Dano]

Nice job Skillet! It NEVER ceases to amaze me they allow your electrical lines to be on TOP of your natural gas fittings, like INCHES away . It just freaks me out that sparks can be that close! Great job though, I'm jealous!

[Skillet]

Skillet, how much your electrician charge you on the install? I can do most of it myself, but decided to get a C10 electrician to do it due to requirement of a rebate program that I can take advantage of. As a Californian, I want to thank all of your tax dollars.

$100 for the total job. Since he lives in my neighborhood I really didn't ask around to see if that was a good price or not. It seemed reasonable to me and I'm still happy with the work. I figured if he screwed up I'd pay him a home visit to complain...

[Dano]

$100 for that is free...

[chin_k]

The lowest price that I got was $600, and the highest is $1400, and that does not include pull the permit, which is another $400.

It sounds like it is cheaper to fly your friend here, pay for a night at the hotel, and fly him back. Some of the electricians thought that I am doing this for a new Tesla, and add in a few hundred dollars.

[Astrodokk]

Chin, I know that feeling. I used to have to pay a "Corvette tax" anytime I bought something for my 1965 Stingray.
Since I don't run my Chinook's microwave or AC at home. I really don't need the 30amp service.
But pdemarest gave me a great idea about using it for guests, in which case they would want to have a working microwave and AC. Curious to find out how much it would cost. I have a young electrician in the neighborhood who works with his dad and he's done some work for me. Now that I know the price range, I'll see if it's in my budget. it'll be great if it's between $100-300!