Posted 2012-07-17 10:17 AM (#145640) Subject: Help needed selecting power cord for trailer with AC Unit
New User
Posts: 2
Location: South Range, WI
so I bought a trailer that already has an A/C unit installed in the gooseneck area. Everything is wired. However, it didn't come with a cord. There is a receiving hookup under the gooseneck where you would plug a cord into it. However, I am having a hard time finding a cord for it. I do know that it is a locking 3 prong and the cosing around it is L5-15 15A 125V. The brand name is Bryant. I have been able to find a converter that will take it from that to a female standard plug in. But how am I supposed to plug it in for power if a male to male standard cord is neither safe, not available? Anyone else have this plug in? what do you use to get power from a standard outlet at a horse show or truck stop?
Posted 2012-07-17 11:15 AM (#145642 - in reply to #145640) Subject: RE: Help needed selecting power cord for trailer with AC Unit
Extreme Veteran
Posts: 350 Location: Penrose, Colorado
all you have to do is go to a hardware store and buy the ends that you need and a short piece of wiring ( try to use 10 gauge wire for this) hook them up and you will be good to go, the ends are not a matter of being unsafe, just a pain to make it all up.
Posted 2012-07-17 12:57 PM (#145645 - in reply to #145640) Subject: RE: Help needed selecting power cord for trailer with AC Unit
Expert
Posts: 2955 Location: North Carolina
That pic is of an outlet. Someone cheaped out with the installation. You are asking for a "Suicide plug... Male to Male. If you plug a sucide cord into power, the exposed prongs are then live... and anybody touching them is dead.
Posted 2012-07-17 1:10 PM (#145647 - in reply to #145640) Subject: RE: Help needed selecting power cord for trailer with AC Unit
New User
Posts: 2
Location: South Range, WI
Thanks for the input. I just stopped into the local camper/RV shop and asked them about it. They couldn't figure out either why it was wired that way with the outlet. They said I would have to have a bunch of different adapters and such to get it to the righ hookup. Suggested a rewire to a standard. So I bought the part and the hubby will be rewiring to to a different plug with a recessed male end. So I can actually plug a conventional extension cord into it and into a power source.
Why they ever installed the plug that is there..... I guess we will never know.
Help needed selecting power cord for trailer with AC Unit
