What do you carry as a fulltimer? (Sewer Hoses & Electrical Cords) - RV-Dreams Community Forum

bigboomer · RV-Dreams Family Member

What do you carry as a fulltimer? (Sewer Hoses & Electrical Cords)

Neil and Connie · RV-Dreams Family Member

RE: What do you carry as a fulltimer?

Bill and Linda · RV-Dreams Family Member

Sewer: We carry 5 - 10 footers. 2 are usually new (spares) but I've used 50 feet before - 40 is not that uncommon.

Power: 50 Amp - 30' on the powered roll up reel, 30' - extension / 15' extension (which I use all the time) and 1 - 30' - 30 amp extension.

Why a 30 amp with a 50 amp rig? - I've been places where one of the 50 amp legs is really high and I used it as a voltage drop "resistor" to get the power down into the safe levels so the Progressive Industries EMS power monitor doesn't tip off. Yes, I have used all these power cables, including the 30 amp, all at the same time to reach a working 30 amp plug.

Alie and Jims Carrilite · RV-Dreams Family Member

On board we have
---2- Rhino hoses with couplers and another 10' section, total length 40'. We have an additional Drainmaster sewer hose that came with the rig that I have the fittings to connect it to the Rhino line if necessary.
---50amp service- 1- 25', 1- 33' extension (off a bus that I added an end to), 30 amp 30 ft. several other 10/3 extension cords to reach 15amp power.
---1-30' fresh water hose, 2-15' hoses and several shorter pieces to make up connections between filters and water bandit fitting.

jrzygrl64 · RV-Dreams Family Member

We have the following:

Electric - on power reel 40' 50 amp; 20' 30 amp extension cord; 20' and 100' 20 amp extension cords we've used when moochdocking; been wanting to buy a 20' 50 amp extension but haven't found it at the right price - may make my own

Sewer - 1 20' Rhino; 2 10' each extensions; 25' garden hose for grey water; 3 20' fresh water garden hoses

Do you mind if I ask - why are you asking?

Howard · Host

RE: What do you carry as a fulltimer? (Sewer Hoses & Electrical Cords)

bigboomer · RV-Dreams Family Member

Thanks for all the responses. The reason I asked is that we ran into an issue at an RV park where we are in an 80' pull thru and the hook-ups are more than 50' away towards the front half of the site. We had never seen the hook ups in this location before in all the years we have been FTing. We also ran into an issue at the previous park with a 70 ft pull thru where the sewer hook ups where at the very back end of the site where we needed over 50 feet of sewer.

Both places thought we were nuts not carrying more than 50 feet of 50 amp cord and/ or 50 feet of sewer hose.

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

We can reach about 60' of 50AMP electric by using our 15' and 25' extension cords and needed it all once at a country park that put the electric in a field about 40 to 50' behind the RV sites. (A couple years later they rewired the campground and this is no longer a problem.) We also have two 25' 30AMP extension cords, so we can go 110' for 30AMP and 65' of normal extension, so we can go 175' when driveway camping. We have gone over 100' while driveway camping.

About 60% of the time we use 10' of sewer hose, about 25% we use two 10' sections and the rest we add a 25' section. We have had the sewer connection on the passenger side rear a couple places, where they put the utilities for 2 or 4 sites together.

We have accumulated alot of water hoses over the years and can probably go over 200'. We have run it over 100' to fillup the tank outside a campground, but 50' has been enough in camprounds.

injunear · RV-Dreams Family Member

We have 30' of 50 amp that hooks up to the 5er , 50' of 30 amp and 75' of 20 amp. Used the 20 amp this past winter mooch docking

in central Florida.

For sewer three 15' sections, one 10' for the dump station and a short 5' hose for the blue bouy tank.

Started with a 50' and 25' water hoses. The 50 footer is hard to uncoil when cool outside so I bought 2 more 25 footers. Much easier

roll up a 25' hose when cold than a 50' snake.

Wayne