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ssthrd
Explorer
Aug 16, 2020

use generator/inverter to charge batteries and power trailer

I am an electrical dummy, and I need some help with this one. I realize that when plugged in at an rv site, my on board inverter (converter?) will charge my batteries. This year we have been boon d...
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Huntindog
Explorer
Aug 19, 2020
ssthrd wrote:
This might sound dumb, but......

I don't have an adaptor to go from 110 at the generator to the 30 amp connection at the trailer, so I changed the female end on an extension chord to male and just plug it into the gfci socket on the outside of the trailer. Does the trailer know that power is not coming from the shore power line or not, and does the converter care at all?


What you have done is made what is called a "suicide cord" A very bad idea. Destroy it before someone gets hurt.

Do not fool around with electricity. Standard types of plugs, cables, etc. are made for a reason.... To keep everyone safe. Do not "invent" a different way of doing it.

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