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No smoking – especially in shore power connections

RV Travel - November 2, 2022

By Chris Dougherty Chris Dougherty is a certified RV technician. Here is a letter he received from a reader about RV electricity while he was...

The right voltage is critical to the life of your RV

RV Staff - January 28, 2021

Steve Savage submitted this article to RVtravel.com when he was a Master Certified RV Technician with Mobility RV Service. We were camped and the Progressive...

Before disconnecting cables or wires, make a diagram and take pictures!

RV Staff - May 13, 2020

Steve Savage submitted this article to RVtravel.com when he was a Master Certified RV Technician with Mobility RV Service. Our first service call today was...

RV Electricity: Reader asks meaning of AC power

Mike Sokol - April 12, 2020

Reader question: Forgive my electrical ignorance, but doesn't "AC" mean "alternating current"? Does that mean that the hot and neutral wires are constantly reversing? Mike's response: The...

Make plug-in electric heaters safer with SmartPlug

Bob Difley - February 1, 2019

Product review By Bob Difley Portable heaters are a convenient way to ward off the season's chill, but these devices increase amperage loads that poorly maintained...

A real shocker about campground electricity

Chuck Woodbury - November 9, 2018

By Chuck Woodbury EDITOR I talk by phone with our RV electricity expert Mike Sokol almost every day. Mike is like a little kid: He gets...

Can you be shocked by camping near high power lines?

Mike Sokol - January 5, 2018

Is it dangerous to park your RV beneath or even near high power lines? Could you or your RV be electrified to the point...

Paying an RV park for power? Read your meter!

Russ and Tiña De Maris - November 8, 2017

By Russ and Tiña De Maris Spend any amount of time in a commercial RV park and you’re apt to get a power bill. Since...

RV Mods: 50-amp service at your home base

Russ and Tiña De Maris - October 26, 2017

By Jim Twamley Parking your RV at a friend’s or relative’s house? What happens if you keep blowing fuses because your RV pulls more amps...

Can campground ‘cheater box’ really provide 50 amps?

Chuck Woodbury - October 2, 2017

Dear Mike, I recently acquired a setup which has a 30-amp plug on one side and a 20-amp plug on the other. I was told...

New SmartPlug RV cordset more flexible and easily coiled

Bob Difley - September 20, 2017

Most RV power cords stiffen as the temperature drops, making them difficult to lay out and retrieve. SmartPlug Systems' new SUPERFLEX50 50A 125/250V cordset...

The readers write — with power!

Russ and Tiña De Maris - August 9, 2017

Edited by Russ and Tiña De Maris Electric pedestal fears not groundless Mike Sokol, RVtravel.com's resident electrical safety expert, had sent a response to...

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