3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

toprudder wrote:

Capt-Ron wrote:
I have to ask, what about running a 50amp RV from the 220 volt twist lock receptacle?

Should work ok as long as you don't try to run too much load. You probably won't be able to get more than half the rated wattage of the generator on either of the 120v legs, however. Since all the appliances run at 120v, you would have to try to balance the two 120v legs evenly.

A 120v airconditioner compressor startup current might come close to half the rated wattage, or even more. If you wired the generator so it could put out full wattage at 120v, then you would have reserve left for the AC starting current, and would not have to think about which appliance is on which leg.

It would be half the rated output per leg which is just fine as it would still equal the total output. Don't really think that the generator cares about the division of load as long as the maximum load doesn't exceed the generator's rating. I would have to check but I believe that the A/C is on one side by itself in my 5ver. Chances are that any RV with 50amp service is designed so that the loads are evenly split as much as possible. I'll probably have to pull the cover on my breaker box to check this out.

I just feel that you lose some of the capacity of the generator by using the smaller receptacle and adapter no matter how the generator is modified to put out the full rated output.

It's an idea that makes sense to me and melting one terminal on a 30/50amp dogbone doesn't seem to be very efficient.

We stayed at my uncle's place last year and he told me that he had a 30amp receptacle that we could plug into. Well it turned out that he had a 30amp breaker with #10 wire going to a 20amp receptacle. I had to use 2 adapters for my 50amp plug and it wasn't long before we started having problems with the 20/30amp adapter overheating. I installed a new 50amp service that solved all the problems.

Capt Ron