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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Wyatt-S wrote:
presp- My goal was to come up with the simplest, yet safe way, to rewire this gen..... I would imagine that CB two would still protect the circuits, but I just don't like paralell CB's.
I think you essentially accomplished "the simplest, yet safe way".
Let me offer one more thought:
Using the nice diagram in your 'profile',
the CBs (circuit breakers) are not labeled so lets;
a. call the 'bump' in the Brown wire CB1 -rated @28 amps,
b. call the 'bump' in the Blue wire CB2 -rated @14 amps.
The 30 amp twist lock is protected, @14 amps or 28 amps,
depending on how you wire the male plug.
That is ok, since all its connectors are rated for 30a.
The 15 amp receptacle is ONLY protected by CB2 @28 amps!
This is a potential overload for that type of receptacle.
Consider rewiring (remove) CB2 from the Blue wire and wire it
in SERIES, after CB1 (brown wire), ONLY to the 'hot' leg
of the 15 amp receptacle.
This will protect the 15 amp receptacle from potential overload.
However, other gensets can be wired differently.
It appears there are quite number of different gensets presented
so far that can/do have different wiring setups & wire colors.
Many do not have good circuit diagrams.
(my Nikota 3500 has NO circuit diagram in the owners manual)
Hope the above makes some sense.
Good luck,
Pres
