Hello from newbies to camping and "R-Poding"

Hello, welcome, and congratulations! We have a 2016 RP179 which we enjoy very much. I hope you find the learning curve none too steep and can get to enjoying adventures and making many great memories.

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2. Are you plugged into shore power? If not, then they will not work. You can use an adapter to plug the 30A shore power cord into a 15A outlet. Just don't try to run the AC with it since it will be too much power draw and will trip the breaker in your house. You should be able to run everything else then while checking it out and getting it ready for your first camping trip. I would not recommend running the hot water heater on shore power at the same time as you are running other such as the refrigerator and/or microwave though unless you have a 30A outlet.

Do plug in if you can to keep your battery charged. The power draws of the refrigerator and thermostat electronics along with the draw of the CO/LP detector will drain your battery unless you either have it charging or install a battery cut-off switch or simply disconnect the negative terminal on your battery when it is not plugged in.

Second Stephen's question about whether you're plugged in.  If you can park the pod at home I recommend keeping the pod plugged in.  As Stephen said, a regular 15 amp circuit is good.  A 20 amp would be better, but it's not necessary, unless you want to run the air.  I also recommend a 10/2 with Ground heavy duty extenstion cord, the shorter the better, but 50 feet is fine.  100 feet may be okay.  Either way, they are expensive.  I was at Home Depot yesterday and a 50 was $105 and a 100 was $145.  (I was looking for another 50 to run a generator into the house in case of a power failure.) 

Pods have two distinct electrical systems; 12v and 120v.  They overlap in the converter/charger, but it converts 120v to 12v to charge the battery (that's all).  This isn't a complete list, but the lights, furnace, and optionally, the refrigerator, run on 12v.  The air, microwave, and optionally, the fridge and the water heater, work on 120v.  The only way the 120v things work is when the pod is plugged in to shore power.

You did well to check the GFCI.  Let us know what your solution is.

TT

Thank you everyone, no we were not plugged into anything. At the dealer it was during the walk around so that makes sense. Just need to order the extension cord and i cN plug it into the garage. Thank you all again.

Agree with Jato.  You may not need an extension cord if the marine grade cable that comes with the RPOD reaches an outlet in your house (or an outdoor outlet).  Then look around inside the POD, as you may find an adapter plug for the cable to plug it into a regular outlet.  Our dealer included one but did not tell us.  Fortunately we looked around, opened all the drawers and found it.  But as said earlier do not run too much as it is probably just a 15 amp line.  One forum member used his RPOD in his driveway for quests and ran a dedicated 30 amp line to his garage and was good to go to run a/c and all. Good luck

Originally posted by StephenH Ours did not come with an adapter. I have since purchased a small pigtail about 12" long that plugs into the R-Pod's outlet and at the other end is a male plug that plugs into a standard 15A extension cord. Those are much less expensive if the original cable won't reach your outlet.This adapter is similar to the one I have: https://smile.amazon.com/Female-Adapter-Electrical-Adaptors-12-inch/dp/B01MTQ4B4A/ except mine is gray. I use an extension cord from the outside outlet on my house since we don't have a garage. The cord is (if I recall correctly) 12/3 cord which had a light in the female socket end to show when it had power but the light has since quit working even though the cord is just fine.

Ordered, thank you for the tip....