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What is the correct adapter for a 50 amp RV outlet?
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AL_V
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Any 14-50 to L14-30 adapter.
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Thanks, I did not know the proper terminology
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Keep in mind, that is only a 120v charger, so even though it will support 50amp of 120v, you will only get the same charge speed as a home 120v 15amp circuit (1,600watts); not the speed of a 240v (3,200watts). You probably know that already, but mentioning it for other readers.
Still, campground plugs are a handy source of power.
Edit: This comment is incorrect. Was thinking TT-30R vs 14-50R outlets. See further conversation below.
Still, campground plugs are a handy source of power.
Edit: This comment is incorrect. Was thinking TT-30R vs 14-50R outlets. See further conversation below.
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Right you are @AL_V. My head was in the TT-30 space. Duh. TT-30 is 120v and with L14-30 adapter will charge at 120v rate. 14-50R are 240v and the two poles can be split to 120v with an adapter. Or, both legs used to keep 240v (like with a NEMA 14-50P to L14-30R adapter you had linked) to get that sweet, sweet max Varg charge rate.
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Does anybody know if I can use adapter that can go from the starks plug to a 120 volt 30 amp rv plug and will that even.
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Assuming you already have a 120v adapter, that will work with any available TT-30 to 5-20 (or TT-30 to 5-15) adapter.
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I wanted to go from 120/240 30 amp to which I believe is the starks male plug to a 120/30 amp rv plug I am trying to save weight when buying a generator and the big 120/240 are heavy verses the 120 volt 30 amp generators
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I did find a plug adapter that goes from the stark plug to a standard household plug
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The USA Stark charger uses an L14-30 plug, but they usually supply an adapter to regular household 120v (5-15).
Some of the standard L14-30 to 5-15 adapters won't work, there are threads on this forum you should be able to find.
The reason they don't work is that they connect the L14-30 neutral (which is not used at all in the Stark plug) to the 5-15 neutral.
If you want to go from L14-30 to TT-30 in one adapter, you may have to make it yourself, which would be very easy.
You just have to know that the Stark charger only has 3 wires; ground and L1 and L2 (or X and Y as shown below), on 120v L1 and L2 become hot and neutral (of course ground is ground in all cases).
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Thanks for the help I will either get the big generator or just get the small one that only uses the household plug but take twice as long which is fine I only play ride 30 minutes here then hang out camping with the kids and grandkids then 2 hours later maybe a 30 minute ride .
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For charging your Stark, there is no advantage to the TT-30 over a regular 120v 5-15 (household plug).
The big generator should already have an L14-30 (240v), which would be twice as fast as 120v, just get at least a 4,000 watt generator for 240v, or 2,000 watt for 120v
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I highly recommend the WEN 6800 compact generator. I have one and it charges my Stark at full speed & 240v if I want to.
It has a L14-30 port that you can plug your Stark charger into without any adapters.
Link below for you:
fe501tired
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It's funny you mentioned the Wen 6800 that is the one that I have in my cart on amazon along with the wen 4800 and 3600 my only problem with the wen 6800 is the weight I need to be able to pick up myself and I hear it weighs about 100lbs which I know I could do it but damm.
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It's a little hefty, but I can load mine myself. It has a retractable handle and wheels which may help if you pull it up a ramp or something - if needed. But it's a great generator. Very compact for its output.
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I probably need some sort of extension cord any ideas, thanks .
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It probably won't be necessary when you would need to charge your bike because you can just park the bike close to the generator, but I did get myself this L14-30 extension for my WEN 6800 generator - just in case:
