50A to 30A and 20A Y-adapter...any downsides?

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   Be careful to read the fine print on the inline gfci devices. They are meant to add ground fault detection and interruption to a circuit that already has a circuit breaker, so usually don’t detect overcurrent conditions, which is what we want here.  

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offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Topic: 50A to 30A and 20A Y-adapter...any downsides? Posted: 15 Jan 2020 at 5:04pm
	Be careful to read the fine print on the inline gfci devices. They are meant to add ground fault detection and interruption to a circuit that already has a circuit breaker, so usually don’t detect overcurrent conditions, which is what we want here.
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TheBum Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407	Posted: 15 Jan 2020 at 5:37pm
	The Pod has a L5-30 receptacle, so I can't see any reason why an inline GFCI/breaker wouldn't work without an adapter when plugged directly into the Pod and then the normal power cable plugged into it. offgrid makes a good point though.
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