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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chadcarnes,
Looking at the wiring diagram for my PowerPro 3500 I see that the 240v receptacle is wired across the two windings to produce the voltage as you describe. The 120v receptacle is only wired to one of the windings, so by using three wires at the 240v receptacle it appears that you acheive the same results as you would if you just used a 20/30amp dogbone plugged into the 120v receptacle. The problem with either method is that you are only using 1/2 of the generator windings. The more that you can spread the load inside that generator the better in my book.
The method that I proposed earlier is to wired the NEMA L14-30 plug using four wires to a 50amp receptacle that I can plug the 50amp shore power into.
If you only have a 30amp service then get a 50/30amp adapter, that way you are still using all of the generator's potential.
I plan to built my 240v adapter today and will post the test results.
Now I'm not a licensed electricial or engineer either, even though I spent 3 years in school for it...37 years ago.
Capt Ron
Looking at the wiring diagram for my PowerPro 3500 I see that the 240v receptacle is wired across the two windings to produce the voltage as you describe. The 120v receptacle is only wired to one of the windings, so by using three wires at the 240v receptacle it appears that you acheive the same results as you would if you just used a 20/30amp dogbone plugged into the 120v receptacle. The problem with either method is that you are only using 1/2 of the generator windings. The more that you can spread the load inside that generator the better in my book.
The method that I proposed earlier is to wired the NEMA L14-30 plug using four wires to a 50amp receptacle that I can plug the 50amp shore power into.
If you only have a 30amp service then get a 50/30amp adapter, that way you are still using all of the generator's potential.
I plan to built my 240v adapter today and will post the test results.
Now I'm not a licensed electricial or engineer either, even though I spent 3 years in school for it...37 years ago.
Capt Ron
