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 so others, who may not be mecahnically inclined, could do it as well. I think this design accomplishes that. Both outlets (depending on how you wire your 4 prong plug)are protected by a single CB rated at 25 amps but actually trips at a sustained 28 amps (the full rated power of this gen set) and breaker two should (have not tested) trip at about 13A sustained. In my testing, CB1 did not trip at a surge load of 32 amps but did trip at a sustained 28A. I think this effectively protects the gen set from overload. The wiring can easily be desined to put the CB's in parallel, but I think that is dangerous since the current would be split and I don't know when they would trip. I would imagine that CB two would still protect the circuits, but I just don't like paralell CB's.
I have NOT seen this CB, so I'm operating on the impression that it is for 13 amps at 120 volts ( aprox 1500 watts )
if a 25 amp breaker is stock and trips at 28 amps sustained then the breaker is safe for the 'REWIRED' units and a fire hazard for stock units since the generator head could get hot and burn the winding before it trips
