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tealboy
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Sep 12, 2017

Converting 30amp twistlock to 30amp Rv? How?

I have a 30 foot 10/3 cord that has a 3 prong twist lock male that goes to my Yamaha ef2800i generator and a female that plugs into a transfer switch in my garage for storm related backup power. However, the 2800 is proving marginal, struggling to power up the 10,000 btu ac and the small 6 gallon 110 volt water heater so I want to use my two Honda eu2000s in series but the Honda with the Transgen adaptor takes a 30 amp RV plug, not a twist lock.

What is the best way to convert my male twist lock to a 30 amp rv plug? I would like to preserve option of both so cutting off and putting a new rv plug is less appealing. Is there an adaptor plug u recommend or something else easy ? We were hit by Irma and trying to make this happen soon, no power to 6 million people

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  • ScottG wrote:
    If I understand right, I think this will solve your problem.


    Scott, yes, that is what I need, converting male twist to male rv. Are you or anyone aware of why this won't work for what I described?
  • I bought an short adapter cord, twist lock on one side, rv 3 way female on the other from a popular online shopping site. I believe I've seen them at a popular physical retailer as well.

    Running electric water heater on generator is going to consume most of the power even from twin 2000w Honda (4kw peak, 3.2kw continous) WH probably wants 2.4kw... you won't be able to run AC and WH at the same time.

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