# Charging question **URL:** \ **Category:** BMW Electric Car Forum\ **Created:** [December 30, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/charging-question/4701 "2014-12-30T06:12:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Regis188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@Regis188](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Regis188)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/charging-question/4701/1 "2014-12-30T06:12:20Z")
I bought a BMW level 2 charger and have run into a small problem. I am trying to use this charger with 220v / 30 amp generator and The charge will not work. It is giving a fault code. From my understanding generator power is different than “house” power as it doesn’t offer a straight smooth power and fluctuates. This causes the charger to turn off and not work. Does anyone know of a way around this? Is there a different fast charger out there that will run off a generator or some sort of amplifier or power converter that will allow my charger to run off a generator? Thanks for your time, ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Houseboater](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/old_houseboater/32/544_2.png) [@Old\_Houseboater](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Old_Houseboater)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 8:33am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/charging-question/4701/2 "2014-12-30T08:33:58Z")
I don’t have an answer but if/when you get this working I would like to know how much gas you use to get a full charge. Then how far you can go on this charge. Very interesting. ---
**Author:** ![hung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@hung](https://community.electricforum.com/u/hung)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/charging-question/4701/3 "2015-03-19T18:59:23Z")
it 's about 2 hour ---
**Author:** ![Michael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Michael](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Michael)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 8:15am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/charging-question/4701/4 "2015-08-03T08:15:21Z")
And you cant set less ampers? On my R-EVC charging cable I can set 6-32A according to circuit breaker, I have it from www r-evc com These connectors are great, in our country you get only 10A charging cable from car dealers and this cable safe me a lot of time!:clap2: ---
**Author:** ![jackstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@jackstone](https://community.electricforum.com/u/jackstone)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/charging-question/4701/5 "2016-07-21T05:28:20Z")
Good thread!