One of the handiest purchases we’ve made for our camping in the electrical department is an RV power extension cord (http://goo.gl/PfViBI). Ours is a 30 Amp cord, but of course extension cords are available in 50 Amp flavors. Once you have an RV extension cord, you’ll never travel without one.
It may not be the most exciting purchase of your lifetime, but when you need an RV extension cord - you'll be happy you have it! (Click the pic for more info.)
We have a 25-foot length RV extension cord, and it does the trick for us. I suppose a 30 or 50-foot cord might be even better (if you don’t mind hauling around more cord). Ours is a heavy duty cord that has easily survived many seasons of active RV camping. We bought a bright yellow cord that even includes a light in the connection – so you can see when power is being delivered.
Why is an RV extension cord a “must have” product? First of all, there’s one thing that all RV campgrounds have in common: they have nothing in common. Every RV campground seems to have a completely different layout. Sometimes the essential power hookups are conveniently located in relation to one’s RV, but oftentimes they are not.
With an extension cord, we don’t have any hassle with making our rig reach the electrical power. We always know we can easily reach the outlet.
Second, the RV extension cord allows us to place our generator anywhere we please in proximity to our rig. If we want to place the genset father away from our RV, we can do so.
Often we use our generator straight from the bed of our pickup truck SEEMORE. With the extension cord attached to the generator (using a 30 Amp RV generator adapter) I no longer need to climb into the bed of the pickup to get things connected. The extension cord is always conveniently waiting for me at the edge of the pickup bed. I simply plug up, turn the key, and voila! We have power. It’s a small but oh-so-welcome convenience.