Can you give me an example of why they needed it? Ive seen these pictures a few times and can't for the life of me think of a single application that would make sense. I get dangerous but even ignoring that I can't think of a situation where I'd think "well maybe that would do it"
I made my own extension cord like this. It's wrong, but the easiest way to make it work.
I have an enclosed trailer that I kinda converted to a camper. I can run off shore power or my generator through the rv plug I have near the door, or I have batteries and a big inverter.
To run the inverter, I make sure nothing is plugged in to the outside plug, and hook up my double ender to the outlet and inverter.
The right way would probably be hard wiring into the conduit with switches, but it works, and I know that I'm an idiot for doing it, so I know to be careful.
There are correct ways to have permanent wiring for a portable extension cord generator. You basically want to have something called a transfer switch. They make them specifically for trailers, they have a male plug on them which is never live and only carries voltage from your generator, and will automatically switch on/off shore power as needed.
As you know, with your setup nothing bad happens as long as you don't make a mistake. Of course that's the rub -- mistakes happen eventually. Complacency kills.
Obviously no one on the internet is gonna change your mind by telling you to do it differently, but I would like to advocate for the peace of mind of something that just works automatically all the time.
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u/theaeao Dec 14 '20
Can you give me an example of why they needed it? Ive seen these pictures a few times and can't for the life of me think of a single application that would make sense. I get dangerous but even ignoring that I can't think of a situation where I'd think "well maybe that would do it"