this video is 6 years old waiting for me to watch it today. thank you mogyver69.

Buddy, you saved me a lot of headaches. My situation exactly, just a different brand generator. Thank you.

Thanks for all your info. This helped me resolve my issue!

Gracias hermano. Ningún vídeo en español logra explicar esto que tú explicas a la perfección, muchas gracias.

I also bought a harbor freight generator with that stupid outlet and I couldn't find the plug anywhere except for grainger, a bunch of scammer there. They charged me 65 dollars for the socket. I could of ordered one on line but when you need one now I guess you need one now. Great video very helpful. The instructions on the packaging was not clear at all.

Thanks for sharing, bro. My neighbor had his generator stolen last week. I have a generator( that was given to me) that has the same set up as yours. It needs a new carb, and since I already have a generator, I am going to give it to him. But, it needs the 30A 120V setup. So, thanks again for the detailed video.👍

Also good to check the device your plugging into to make sure it's wired the same way.

Home Depot also sells a kit that you can plug-in to twist locks on generators for welders and it comes with several different adapters

Exactly the info I was looking for 🙏🏽

THANK YOU, I COULDN'T FIGURE WHERE THE WIRES WENT..

Been looking for this! Thanks for sharing!

You’d think this would be a standard thing to pick up. One of my 110 outlets is out on my generator and I needed one of these in a pinch. No such luck this is my third day sweating my xxx of. Now I know. 🙏

So you wired up a 110 volt 2 30 amp plug. To get a 240 30 from this conversion you would wire green to the ground lug, the other 2 wire to the brass colored lugs omitting any neutral.

Thanks bud, life saver 👍👍

good video brother thanks good luck

Thanks, been looking for this video!

very informative and if i had ANY skills, i'd do this. it cost me $130 getting the 18" adapter and 25' cord off of amazon to make a suicide cord to back feed the NEMA 14-50 outlet (common 50 amp 4 prong range outlet) i had installed right off my electrical panel.

Good video man. My old generator only has the 240v 4 prong twist lock and I wasn’t 100% sure what prongs to hook the wires to. My rv is only 30amp 120v so in order to run it off my house power I will need a single pole 30amp breaker and just a female rv receptacle.

i think you could also use the same cord end for 50A to Genny, just need to replace the receptacle(female to RV) to 50A.

I need to do something similar, but for a 220V condenser. Do you know what colours are associated with L1 & L2 for 220V? The panel box for the unit uses black for L1 & red for L2, but I'm not sure if that's standard.

I assume it's like in the breakers box: if you want 3 wires to get 240v, just plug your 2 lives anywhere except the W (White space) and of course the Ground at its usual space, isn't...?

Basically, you're only using 1/2 of the generator's output 120/240 in this configuration. (So if it's 6500 max watts - 5500 running watts, you have 3250 max watts - 2750 running watts available to you.)

I believe this generator puts out 5000 watts. The power you get depends on the amount of power your generator produces. You are only using half of the output of the generator because you can only connect to one of the 115 volt outputs because that is the way the camper was wired. Watts divided by volts= amps so divide the output of the generator by 2 because you are using half the generators watt output. Then divide that by 115 to get amps. With this generator it would be almost 22 amps continuous. The reason they use a 25 amp breaker is for a peak load like for when something takes extra power for a few seconds when it starts then takes less after it has started.

Super helpful thank you !!

You only get 120v , tell me how to change the 4 pole 240 plug to a three pole 240 plug , so I can run a shop heater(4800 watt , 240 v ) from the dryer plug

I have an old 5000w genny and that only has two 15a 120v outlets and two 6-15r outlets for 240v. Whats the best way to get 30a into an L14-30 so that I have power to both legs? Do I make a male Y that connects to the L14-30? What does that wiring look like and do I use the 120V sides or is there a way with the 240v?

Your video was very helpful, Thanks a lot !!!!

Hi to you sir, Thank you for your very informative video, I'm a bit of an electrical dummy. I followed your very clear instructions from 4 to 3 wires. Do I understand that you ended up with 120v? I have the 4 pin outlet which says 120/2240v. I need to get 220/240v output on a 3 pin pigtail not 120v. Please clarify for me how the red & black wires are configured to get the 240v I need on my 3 wire connection? Thank you for any help you can supply me. I'm in the Philippines without the correct connectors, I'm sure I can find a 4 pin male & a 3pin female.

Straight to the point

So if you want to get 220 out of the 4 prong do you use x and y for black and white keep the ground and loose the nuetral

I have a feeling that all he will get with putting the wires like that will be 110 volts. If he needs 220...should he not put the white wire on one of the hot legs?

If i change the plug on the shore power wire of my camper to go right into my generator rather than putting an adapter on it do i need to reverse the white and black or just wire it up regular? Thank u

You get more power using half of the 120/240 outlet than using one of the four existing 120 outlets?

TT plugs/receptacles are cheap pieces of shit and the outlets become loose over time. I think they are designed to pull out if an RV drives off with the power cord still attached. The locking connectors installed on generators are far superior.

At 7:15 you did not twist the plug to lock it in.

So you're just proving 120 by only using one pole? not 240?

Thank is working woo very good.

So 2 wires equals 240v?

What would you be losing by adapting to the 120V outlets? Of course if you still had to do a conversion yourself, that is if there is no ready made cord or adapter, there would no advantage. But if you could simply buy something, what would you lose in performance from the 30A outlet to a 20A? Anyone- are all the four 120V outlets on this, or any generator, in phase, or are the two pairs out of phase?

Can I cut off a prong on a four prong adapter for my three prong generator 120 amp yes

gracias amigo

Thanks 👍

You wired this for 120 volt not 240 so if 120 is all you needed why didn't you go to the RV store (or Walmart) and buy the RV cable that adapts to a standard 120 volt wall plus. The generator has four of those outlets. Most people need/want the 240 plug so they can get 240.volts. My RV takes 240 volts input but I sometimes use a convert / adapter to use 120 which means I can only use a little bit of electrical 'things' in the RV when using that adapter.

If i splice the red and black coming out of the adapter male four prong that is going into the 3 prong female, will that give me the 220?

If your trying to run 240 volt for a main feed I think your wired wrong. You should have black, white, as power and green as ground or neutral correct me if I’m wrong.

I need this exact adapter only in 240v... Can I just put a jumper in the plug connecting the two hots?

So how many amps will you be supplying your camper with? 30? Or 20?

So using a 3 core flex wire, how do I wire this twist lock plug to recieve only 240v from it ?

Right on

Excelent I Do Thank You

if you connect to one of the hot legs only, then you are only getting 2,500 watts, whch is about 21-21 amps , NOT 30 AMPS.

Awesome

I'm looking to get 220

Yeah went back and forth 3 times what the......

Why didn't you just go buy one? They make those 4 prong to 30amp dog bones for like 20 bucks

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I thought you were gonna rev it up and connect to application... was ready to LMAO if the vid was really a disaster vid online... but glad it is not. Now, you would think the morons who design the systems would mark the plastic points on generator and on any adaptor you are making with color codes OR letters such as R for red and B for black and W for... etc... BUT NO,,, you gotta do REfreakingSEARCH to get it right... but if you get it wrong, OH WELL... CALL AN EXPENSIVE ELECTRICIAN.. (it MUST be a conspiracy!!!) I have opposite issue. I have a heavy duty 25 ft lead for a gererator 4 prong, but 120 V wit 3 std grouded 120v outlets on the other end... but my Generator has the RV hookup, and NO ONE seems to have the adaptor opposite of yours. MALE RV 30A into a 4 prong locking FEMALE fitting. I did see CAMCO has a short simple adaptor for your application. I think it was $9 or was it $13? No dogbone, just adaptor. I bought that one anyway in event my next or borrowed generator has the Generator fixture, then I would need it. Since the old RV I bought is 50A (feeds 240v to rig but splits into two circuits,,,, second one if one were to want to install a second air conditioner. hell, i hate this electricity stuff.. I am a chemicals man. But figuring it out.... but will probably forget and have to learn again (LOL)... Hey, I guess I could run an ARC welder with the RV 50 ft setup and lead. Good to know. I guess I will have to figure out the Red and Black for those types of DIY leads and such,,, running a box from an existing 240 V circuit (with proper buss fuses or breaker) and install a box to receive my RV shore cord. OR make a lead to extend due to current distance away. Cannot be tooooo far away though without an additional breaker even if a designated unshared feed line.