30-amp outlets 3 different connectors?
Why do many RV’s have a 30-amp 3-prong outlet that is one prong configuration but the 30-amp shore power may have 3 prongs with a different prong configuration? Getting a portable 8000k Generac to ...
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joebedford wrote:
Question about my generator but it's pertinent to the thread: I have a 5500W generator 120/240V that I use for house backup.
Other than pulling the darn thing apart, is there any way to tell which leg/winding the 120V plugs are on?
I assume the 40A twist lock plug has one pin on one winding and the other on the other so to speak. Not sure about the 120V receptacles though, which I think is the question OP is asking too.
Documentation (hahaha) doesn't say.
Uses both legs and you only get half the gen wattage at 120V on EACH LEG..
Any 120/240 generator splits the output of the two windings (legs)as two separate 120V outputs. Typically these gens will have two side by side 120V duplex outlets.
Each duplex is ONE of the windings and HALF of the 240V wattage..
Cannot combine the 120V outlets or windings to get wattage of the gen on 120 only without major rewirng internally.
If you WANT the full output on 120V then I would recommend looking at the Champion gens, they have models which have a SELECTOR SWITCH which allows you get full gen output on 120V only.
Any other brand you are wasting half the gen output..
