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wtfjr
Explorer
Aug 22, 2014

A "cheater plug" in along with a Honda EU 2000i ????

Hi All We have an electrical question as follows-- For our first time we plan to use a cheater plug at Sebastian State Park where all that is offered is 30 amp service. One arm of this cheater p...
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wa8yxm
Explorer III
Aug 22, 2014
The answer depends on the cheater plug.. NOTE that I do NOT recommend this.

But on some of the cheaters (like the one I have) the 30 amp feeds one leg and the 20 (mine are both 30 but you use an adapter on the 20 side) feeds the other leg.. IF that is how yours is set up it may well work.. Likely not the way you expect however, but it may well work.

But only if the only wires common to both legs are white and green/bare NOT if the black wire is common.

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