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Power at Rallies

Yahoo Message Number: 18282
Most of the 240 40' and under coaches at the class reunion have individual 20A service available at Lane Country Fair Grounds.
Because of Fire Marshall requirements, we needed to construct and place ramps over cable crossings. For future rallies, you should be prepared to have plenty of 12 gauge (20A) extension cord. I was able to hook up with just two 30A cords, some people even less.
Depending upon your degree of desire to have power and your distance from the source, consider have 100 or even 200 feet of 12 gauge cord )or combo of 50A, 30A and 20A to reduce voltage drop). You can't always run your cord the shortest distance, as you probably will need to cross the driveway at right angles with other cables.
(Be careful of voltage drop on very long runs if you need to pull 12- 20 amps). Here, some light poles had as many as 80 individual, isolated, GFI protected, 20A circuits!!! 15A (14 gauge) cord is not allowed.

Honey wagon is being provided for one pump later in the week.

Water is available to most RVs within 50 to 125 feet, but some are 250 feet away. Join hoses with your neighbor and label your hose.

Herb

Rally Parking Committee
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Re: Power at Rallies

Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 18333
Is it likely to need extra cords and longer water hoses at all CC rallies? Or was this specific to this location? And we thought Moultrie Georgia was roughing it! Thanks for the information.

Jim and Mary Jo Brown
2002 Allure

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Strandberg"] > Most of the 240 40' and under coaches at the class reunion have > individual 20A service available at Lane Country Fair Grounds.
Because of Fire Marshall requirements, we needed to construct and > place ramps over cable crossings. For future rallies, you should

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prepared to have plenty of 12 gauge (20A) extension cord. I was > able to hook up with just two 30A cords, some people even less.
Depending upon your degree of desire to have power and your

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from the source, consider have 100 or even 200 feet of 12 gauge > cord )or combo of 50A, 30A and 20A to reduce voltage drop). You > can't always run your cord the shortest distance, as you probably > will need to cross the driveway at right angles with other cables.
(Be careful of voltage drop on very long runs if you need to pull

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20 amps). Here, some light poles had as many as 80 individual, > isolated, GFI protected, 20A circuits!!! 15A (14 gauge) cord is

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Re: Power at Rallies

Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 18343
I can't answer that question very well, as I have only been to the CC Ralley in Tucson, where we had individual sites in the Beaudry RV Park.

Water hoses can be a team effort. Get a few neighbors together, LABEL YOUR HOSE, connect them together, and you will have a several hour refilling party with many coaches.

I carry the 25 ft(?) 50A cord, two 30A cords, and a 100 feet of 20A cord with appropriate adapters. That should get me about 170 or 180 feet. Depends upon the availability of outlets and how much you would prefer to have power over a generator. I suppose there might be some placed where even 500 feet would not help -- as was the case with the 40+ footers! Also made a 30A female to 20A male twistlock adapter for a Habitat for Humanity home build. Although there was plenty of power outlets at the nearest post at the rally, this particular post also had 6 twistlocks, so I chose one of them for a more secure connection, or if the others filled up. Speaking of adapters, consider a variety of 20A to 30A. The big bulky adapters had a tendency to block the other outlet in the duplex. Some of the short pigtails needed to be inserted upside down, also blocking. Therefore a short (5-10') 20A cord with a straight 20A male plug prevents the blocking of the other outlets, even if the 30A cord with adapter will reach the 20A outlet -- this would avoid having to use your 100 foot cord (and the associated voltage drop) to just have good neighbor-friendly plugs.

We only 1/2 filled our black and gray water tanks, and still had a half fill freshwater tank, after one full week. It helped that CC provided most of the meals. On the other hand, some people were pumping and stringing water hoses.

Oh, Sacramento Jazz Festival and Albuquerque Ballon Fiesta did not require much cord, as they had many temporary subpanels with multiple drops. Would be nice of the Lane County Convention Center's panels had 100A drops and temporary subpanels fed by the 100A circuits. But all 20A circuits gave each person the responsibility of managing their load and not being dropped by a 100A breaker popping

Herb

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