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RBM[_3_]

On 11/28/2011 10:30 AM, wrote:
I've got an older generator with a 3-prong 240V outlet on it. L6-30R

My house has a bypass panel installed with 4-pin 240V plug on it.
L14-30P

I need to make an adapter cable.

So at the generator I have the two hots and a ground. At the house I
have two hots, ground, and a neutral.

Do I tape off the neutral, or bug it to the ground at the generator
end of the adapter cable?

Your existing twist lok, is 30 amp 240 volt, plus ground. You need 30
amp 120/240, plus ground. Replace the existing twist lok with an L14-30
using the existing wires, and add a neutral, which will be going to the
120 volt receptacles on the machine