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Posted by Mark on September 15, 2009, 9:20 pm
Kind of hard to describe what I'm looking for here. I think on RVs and 5th
wheels, and I know on the 'beer wagon' get from the distributor for our
church festival, there is a 'reverse' receptacle where you connect an
extension cord to power the lights and such. This device looks similar to a
single receptacle with a flip-up cover, but under the cover is actually a
plug (male) rather than a receptacle (female) connector. You plug the
female 'outlet' end of an extension cord into this, and the other end into a
power source. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
What I want to do, if I can find such a thing that would fit on a standard
exterior electric box, is mount one on the back of my house with the wiring
running to a standard outlet mounted in my basement. I'd then be able to
plug a cord from my generator into this, and then supply my freezer, refrig,
lights, etc. from the outlet in the basement. This would keep me from
having to run the extension cord from the generator thru an open window in
cold weather. Also when it wasn't in use it wouldn't be too obtrusive such
as a plain old wire running thru the side of the house.
Any thoughts on this? Or other ideas for something along these lines?
Mark
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Posted by RBM on September 15, 2009, 10:09 pm
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> Kind of hard to describe what I'm looking for here. I think on RVs and
> 5th wheels, and I know on the 'beer wagon' get from the distributor for
> our church festival, there is a 'reverse' receptacle where you connect an
> extension cord to power the lights and such. This device looks similar to
> a single receptacle with a flip-up cover, but under the cover is actually
> a plug (male) rather than a receptacle (female) connector. You plug the
> female 'outlet' end of an extension cord into this, and the other end into
> a power source. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
> What I want to do, if I can find such a thing that would fit on a standard
> exterior electric box, is mount one on the back of my house with the
> wiring running to a standard outlet mounted in my basement. I'd then be
> able to plug a cord from my generator into this, and then supply my
> freezer, refrig, lights, etc. from the outlet in the basement. This would
> keep me from having to run the extension cord from the generator thru an
> open window in cold weather. Also when it wasn't in use it wouldn't be
> too obtrusive such as a plain old wire running thru the side of the house.
> Any thoughts on this? Or other ideas for something along these lines?
> Mark
It is called a flanged inlet, or motor plug. Nothing wrong with your idea at
all.
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Posted by RBM on September 15, 2009, 10:13 pm
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>> Kind of hard to describe what I'm looking for here. I think on RVs and
>> 5th wheels, and I know on the 'beer wagon' get from the distributor for
>> our church festival, there is a 'reverse' receptacle where you connect an
>> extension cord to power the lights and such. This device looks similar
>> to a single receptacle with a flip-up cover, but under the cover is
>> actually a plug (male) rather than a receptacle (female) connector. You
>> plug the female 'outlet' end of an extension cord into this, and the
>> other end into a power source. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
>> What I want to do, if I can find such a thing that would fit on a
>> standard exterior electric box, is mount one on the back of my house with
>> the wiring running to a standard outlet mounted in my basement. I'd then
>> be able to plug a cord from my generator into this, and then supply my
>> freezer, refrig, lights, etc. from the outlet in the basement. This
>> would keep me from having to run the extension cord from the generator
>> thru an open window in cold weather. Also when it wasn't in use it
>> wouldn't be too obtrusive such as a plain old wire running thru the side
>> of the house.
>> Any thoughts on this? Or other ideas for something along these lines?
>> Mark
> It is called a flanged inlet, or motor plug. Nothing wrong with your idea
> at all.
>Let me make this easier for you:
>http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/3D189
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Posted by Van Chocstraw on September 16, 2009, 5:33 pm
RBM wrote:
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>> Kind of hard to describe what I'm looking for here. I think on RVs and
>> 5th wheels, and I know on the 'beer wagon' get from the distributor for
>> our church festival, there is a 'reverse' receptacle where you connect an
>> extension cord to power the lights and such. This device looks similar to
>> a single receptacle with a flip-up cover, but under the cover is actually
>> a plug (male) rather than a receptacle (female) connector. You plug the
>> female 'outlet' end of an extension cord into this, and the other end into
>> a power source. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
>> What I want to do, if I can find such a thing that would fit on a standard
>> exterior electric box, is mount one on the back of my house with the
>> wiring running to a standard outlet mounted in my basement. I'd then be
>> able to plug a cord from my generator into this, and then supply my
>> freezer, refrig, lights, etc. from the outlet in the basement. This would
>> keep me from having to run the extension cord from the generator thru an
>> open window in cold weather. Also when it wasn't in use it wouldn't be
>> too obtrusive such as a plain old wire running thru the side of the house.
>> Any thoughts on this? Or other ideas for something along these lines?
>> Mark
> It is called a flanged inlet, or motor plug. Nothing wrong with your idea at
> all.
>
>
I use an outside 220 volt dryer outlet to plug in my generator. I made a
cord with the standard 4 prong drier and put an L14-30 connector on the
other end to plug in my generator ( being sure to power off the MAIN
BREAKER before) That will power the entire house. Of course you want to
manage your loads and not run everything at the same time. You might
also want to shut off the (electric)water heater and (electric)oven
during generator time unless you have a really big one.
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Posted by RBM on September 16, 2009, 8:29 pm
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> RBM wrote:
>>> Kind of hard to describe what I'm looking for here. I think on RVs and
>>> 5th wheels, and I know on the 'beer wagon' get from the distributor for
>>> our church festival, there is a 'reverse' receptacle where you connect
>>> an extension cord to power the lights and such. This device looks
>>> similar to a single receptacle with a flip-up cover, but under the cover
>>> is actually a plug (male) rather than a receptacle (female) connector.
>>> You plug the female 'outlet' end of an extension cord into this, and the
>>> other end into a power source. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
>>> What I want to do, if I can find such a thing that would fit on a
>>> standard exterior electric box, is mount one on the back of my house
>>> with the wiring running to a standard outlet mounted in my basement.
>>> I'd then be able to plug a cord from my generator into this, and then
>>> supply my freezer, refrig, lights, etc. from the outlet in the basement.
>>> This would keep me from having to run the extension cord from the
>>> generator thru an open window in cold weather. Also when it wasn't in
>>> use it wouldn't be too obtrusive such as a plain old wire running thru
>>> the side of the house.
>>> Any thoughts on this? Or other ideas for something along these lines?
>>> Mark
>> It is called a flanged inlet, or motor plug. Nothing wrong with your idea
>> at all.
> I use an outside 220 volt dryer outlet to plug in my generator. I made a
> cord with the standard 4 prong drier and put an L14-30 connector on the
> other end to plug in my generator ( being sure to power off the MAIN
> BREAKER before) That will power the entire house. Of course you want to
> manage your loads and not run everything at the same time. You might also
> want to shut off the (electric)water heater and (electric)oven during
> generator time unless you have a really big one.
What is an "outside 220 volt dryer outlet" ? I would expect that most people
keep their electric dryers inside, no?
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> 5th wheels, and I know on the 'beer wagon' get from the distributor for
> our church festival, there is a 'reverse' receptacle where you connect an
> extension cord to power the lights and such. This device looks similar to
> a single receptacle with a flip-up cover, but under the cover is actually
> a plug (male) rather than a receptacle (female) connector. You plug the
> female 'outlet' end of an extension cord into this, and the other end into
> a power source. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
> What I want to do, if I can find such a thing that would fit on a standard
> exterior electric box, is mount one on the back of my house with the
> wiring running to a standard outlet mounted in my basement. I'd then be
> able to plug a cord from my generator into this, and then supply my
> freezer, refrig, lights, etc. from the outlet in the basement. This would
> keep me from having to run the extension cord from the generator thru an
> open window in cold weather. Also when it wasn't in use it wouldn't be
> too obtrusive such as a plain old wire running thru the side of the house.
> Any thoughts on this? Or other ideas for something along these lines?
> Mark