Electrical Stuff for Tent Camping

[clkelley]

Got a question about electricity for tent camping.

In the past, it has just been me, and all I've done is run an extension cord into my tent for my alarm clock and cell phone charger.

This trip there will be two of us.

We will each have our own tent. We will each have a personal ECV that we are using for internal Ft. Wilderness transportation. These will need charging each nite. Each of us will probably have an alarm clock and cell phone charger.

I don't remember how many 110 plugs there are in the electric pole.

If there is only one, can we plug a power strip into the electric pole, then run an extension cord to each tent with another power strip inside the tent for our stuff?

If there are two plugs, then we could run the extension cords directly from the power pole, but we would still need power strips at the end of the extension cord.

Is putting a power strip at the end of an extension cord feasible??

Thanks for your help.

Carol

 

[tim5055]

There is a single duplex outlet, which has a capacity to plug in two items.

Put the plug strip at the tent end of the extension cord so it is safe from the weather.

I would suggest getting the shortest cord you can use (i.e. 25 feet is better than 50 feet) and the heaviest wire (i.e. #12 wire is better than #14 wire). Resistance increases with distance and smaller wire, but I don't think you will have a problem with the few items you are going to have.

Now, if you look at the bottom of this trip report you will see a photo of some folks in a tent that had everything including the kitchen sink plugged in.