3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
professor95 wrote: EDIT ADDED 45/5/2013- When this thread started in March of 2005, I never expected to see it survive this long or amass the quantity of information that has been shared here. In...
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toprudder wrote:
If you have a 240v outlet (two 120v legs) then you will have a double breaker, lets say it is 20 amps. If you try to get more than 20 amps out of either leg (even if the other leg is 0 amps) the breaker should trip.
It is this way in your house. If you have a 150 amp main breaker, then you have two 120v legs, each with a limit of 150 amps. If you exceed 150 amps on EITHER leg, the breaker will trip and you lose all power.
Yes that's true... but, I said from the beginning that you would only be able to use the rated output of the generator. You're trying to make it sound like I want to try and get 50amps from the generator by using the 220v receptacle with the 50amp plug from the RV. We all know that it can't be done.
My real purpose for suggesting this setup is to get away from using the 20amp receptacle and 20/30amp dogbone to supply 26amps.
Last night I pulled the cover on my breaker panel and found that the A/C, microwave, appliances, and lights are on one leg. The waterheater, dryer, and washer are on the other which means that the 3000w generator is going to have a real tough time running a split system. Funny that the things that I use the least are grouped together, I may rewire to even out the load. I also see that the breakers total 115amps with 65amps on one leg and 45amps on the
other.
In the photo I identified the circuits by the color of the wires feeding them.
My breaker panel.
Capt Ron
