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Posted on 6/12/14 at 9:33 am
Posted by DrewTheEngineer
Baton Rouge (Oak Hills)
Member since Jun 2006
991 posts
Posted on 6/12/14 at 9:33 am
How long of an electrical cord do you typically need at campgrounds and state parks? My camper came with a 25 foot cord, just wondering if that will be long enough. Thanks in advance ...
Posted by WilsonPickett
St Amant, LA
Member since Oct 2009
1646 posts
Posted on 6/12/14 at 9:40 am to
25' will be enough at most parks but I'd buy a 25' extension to keep handy because nothing sucks more than backing in, setting up and... oh shite the cord doesn't quite reach!!
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
13816 posts
Posted on 6/12/14 at 9:53 am to
most CG's have the electric box on the driver's side, so it's only a few feet away.
Every once in a while, we'll get a camping spot w electrical box that seems 1/2 a mile away!
I'll have to run the power cord under the RV and keep a close eye on the kids.
Posted by bayoudude
Member since Dec 2007
24940 posts
Posted on 6/12/14 at 9:55 am to
Yeah the 25' will be fine the only time I have had an issue is when they put the electrical pole in the middle to front of the site as my 32ft wild cat 5th wheel has the electrical hook up all the way in the rear. You should have at least two lengths of sewer hose though as I have even had to hook three lengths together on sites that had the sewer line placed past the back of the site and my sewer dump is in the forward 1/3 of the trailer. Most campgrounds place the power pole near the back 1/4 of the pad and the sewer connection near the middle.
Posted by Langston
Member since Nov 2010
7685 posts
Posted on 6/12/14 at 10:00 am to
I have more of a problem with the electrical box being too close and in the way of my slides.
Posted by bayoudude
Member since Dec 2007
24940 posts
Posted on 6/12/14 at 10:03 am to
quote:

I have more of a problem with the electrical box being too close and in the way of my slides.


I have run into that one too on several occasions. You end up having to park over to the other side then your stairs put you off of the pavement
That and some of the places i have been must have been laid out by someone that has never backed a trailer as the spots were almost perpendicular rather than on an angle with the direction of travel on the road.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81570 posts
Posted on 6/12/14 at 10:34 am to
I have used my extension exactly one time. One particular pad at Indian Creek. I don't even pack it anymore.
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