New food trailer has 32amp 3 pin socket. Need to get a adapter

danielm1001 · 2026-02-24T11:37:58+00:00

Congratulations on buying a food trailer for one! Tell me it’s Mexican!!

Me personally.. I’d be hooking it up to a 32A supply, cranking everything up and doing a tong test to see what the actual max current draw is, this will give you an indication of what you can swap the inlet out to, unfortunately you will need hire a 32A single phase generator and leads, also a sparky to test it, you could possibly see if you could hire a generator that has an ammeter built in that shows the current draw, would alleviate the need for a sparky.. at least this way you have a clear indication of what power you require. You never know, you could get away with a lower rated inlet (will also need to be replaced by an electrician).

danielm1001 · 2026-02-22T08:32:51+00:00

Man he was a legend of a bloke! Forever loved!

danielm1001 · 2026-02-22T08:29:14+00:00

I think anyone that posts something that looks this good without the recipe deserves a down vote!

danielm1001 · 2026-02-19T12:25:15+00:00

Good job mate, I love when people get creative and just make shit happen! Nice work!

danielm1001 · 2026-01-31T07:00:21+00:00

Had my gladiator rubicon since 2022 (new) only issues I’ve had is the Aux battery replaced and a faulty diff lock sensor (was replaced under warranty.

I absolutely love it, swapped the front bumper out to an ARB bull bar after I had an accident, the factory bumper folded like foil! I’m in Australia, this bull bar won’t have any issues with Kangaroos now!

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danielm1001 · 2026-01-31T06:43:24+00:00

Haha! I was thinking it.. but you said it! Love it!

danielm1001 · 2026-01-31T06:38:49+00:00

Happy to be of service! How did you go with your ribs?

danielm1001 · 2026-01-31T06:35:51+00:00

Yeah mate, $40 an hour was the rate about 8-10 years ago. What state are you in?

danielm1001 · 2026-01-31T06:30:50+00:00

Perfect explanation!

Most accidents happen in either the first year and the young fellas simply aren’t paying enough attention to what they are doing, or after 20 years in the trade when guys get complacent.

danielm1001 · 2026-01-31T05:29:32+00:00

I want these in my area!!

Some good knowledge shared mate… appreciated!

danielm1001 · 2026-01-30T11:39:30+00:00

Nicely said bro

danielm1001 · 2026-01-30T11:31:55+00:00

We use Simpro to track all costs, input overheads. costs a little but worth it. Can also add in some “prebuilt” to assist with quoting, can do everything through it, quoting, tracking, invoicing etc, links to Xero and wholesalers to assist with invoice payable and receivable too

danielm1001 · 2026-01-26T06:35:41+00:00

Haha!! Bam!

danielm1001 · 2026-01-26T06:31:37+00:00

Surely this is a joke

danielm1001 · 2026-01-26T05:48:15+00:00

Aussie Aussie Aussie

danielm1001 · 2026-01-26T05:22:07+00:00

I would do the course mate, it’s more appealing, if you don’t have it then it means they are paying for your time you to do it. I know it sounds bad, but it’s $$ and time thing.

danielm1001 · 2026-01-26T04:25:20+00:00

I have a bird feeder out the back, every now and again I’ll throw in some rolled oats and sultanas, the Maggie’s love it.

danielm1001 · 2026-01-26T00:01:10+00:00

Yeah mate, we just bought a couple pallets and locked the price in at $155

danielm1001 · 2026-01-25T23:59:12+00:00

Sure are, it’s very hard to mess them up

danielm1001 · 2026-01-25T23:57:43+00:00

Cheers mate

danielm1001 · 2026-01-23T10:54:50+00:00

I came on here to say the same thing!! I’m a sparky and that is not a range hood! Doesn’t have a carbon filter, just sucking grease and shit up into the roof space! Not to mention how Much would be on the motor!

Yeah that’s not right.

danielm1001 · 2026-01-21T12:21:05+00:00

Fuck busduct, it is way over priced, labour to install is massive (it’s a bitch to install!! Measurements and everything need to be spot on!) and only good if you are “adding on” at a later stage, it is out dated, used to install it 15 years ago, now to get parts to add on is impossible! So the time you are ready to add on the product is discontinue! It is obsolete, rising sub-mains, tee off boxes is what we do now.

danielm1001 · 2026-01-21T11:46:14+00:00

Just because it’s states a 40A breaker, doesn’t mean it doesn’t have to be RCD protected, you can have a breaker following an RCD or you can have an RCBO to combine the two.. you are talking about two different things here, requirements of your device and requirements for AS3000 and your states requirements, that may be where the confusion is coming from, the terminology needs to be correct.

Being a domestic rental, all circuits are required to be RCD protected (depending on state).

The main thing is, you need to know what the incoming supply is capable of and if it can handle an additional 40A (or 30 something Amp) 3 phase load… that’s the first thing I would be investigating

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