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	Subject - Campers and generators David Hyatt A friend called me for some advice earlier, do you agree? He has a 220 volt camper and wants to run it from a generator. Keep in mind my info on the camper and generator is limited because this discussion was by phone. The camper is feed with a small panel from a camper cord attachment plug. It is a 3 wire 220. The generator female plug is a 4 wire 220. I suggested getting a male plug that will fit the generator and cut the exsisting plug off the cord and install the new one. I told him to use the 2 hot wires on the plug and the 3rd wire hook to the neutral going to the generator. Omit the ground wire. Both ways will work omitting the ground or the neutral, but I figured omiting the ground was the safest way to go. I guess the ground on the generator is isolated from the neutral and the ground is bonded to the housing of the generator. I suggested omitting the ground to prevent any shock hazard from the frame of the housing. Was this correct? Any feed back would be appreciated. Scott Vickrey David, Are you sure that the camper is 220 Volt. This is a common mistake. I've made this mistake before. Most of the campers and travel trailers are 120V. If this is true you can buy an adapter at a major hardware store like Home Depot. david r dont disconnect the ground unless the generator is otherwise bonded to the vehical chassis (bolted or welded). you could end up with a hot chassis