Camco 55215 18″ RV PowerGrip Extender
October 6, 2013 - Comment
Camco’s 18″ 50 AMP Power Grip Extenders are designed to connect to your RV power cord so you can enjoy the ease and convenience of our Power Grip handles when connecting to a matching AMPerage outlet box. The extender is 18″ long and rated for 50 AMPs.
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I purchased this item a protection for my 50 amp surge protector. Placing this dogbone between the pedistal and the surge protector reduces the risk of plug damage to the surge protector. I have had a power cable plug burned up due to a bad receptical in a pedistal. Had the surge protector been placed directly into the pedistal it would have cost me $300 plus dollars to replace the surge protector. Better to replace a $15 power extender than the surge protector. No RV should be with out this…
I purchased a Camco 50 amp ‘dogbone’ (55215), a Camco male plug (55255) & female receptacle (55353) so I could splice a ‘hardwired’ surge protector (Progressive Industries EMS-HW50C) into my RVs ‘landline’. I cut the dogbone in 1/2 and ‘hardwired’ it to the surge protector. I cut the RVs landline (inside the basement compartment) and added the plug/receptical to it where I cut it.By doing so I was thus able to get a great 50 amp surge protector (with line current readings & remote…