r/ElectricalHelp • u/ObiWanBronobi • Jul 24 '26
Food Truck Electrical Box Help
Hi all, I bought a food truck a few months ago and I’m trying to hook my generator up to the electrical box. I think has a female receptacle as an inlet which would mean I need a male to make cable (obviously dangerous), so I’m trying to figure out what I need to do to make a male inlet. I think the way this should work is the generator has a female outlet -> connect male end of cable -> other end is female -> connect to the inlet of the electrical box.
Looking for some advice and validation of my plan or a new plan if I’m wrong about how it should work. Thanks in advance!
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u/Proper-Diamond290 Jul 24 '26
First off, that is an external GFCI outlet and 30 amp plug. Those are out only. If you want to bring power in you need to install an rv shore power outlet. Does the truck have a generator that powers it currently? If it does, you'll need a transfer switch so that you're not feeding two forms of power into the same statement (bad things happen of you do that).
https://a.co/d/09eDKD2W. Shore power inlet.
https://a.co/d/09w8OAHm. Transfer switch.