3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
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Thanks for the link to the NEMA plugs. It looks like a NEMA L10-20 or L10-30. The markings, though, are 25A, 250V. The silver straight prong with the small tit on it is marked W like the NEMA diagram. The other two are gold and have an arc to their shape.They are the same length. They are not marked X and Y. I'll have to get the voltmeter out or pull the panel and see if I can figure out from the U plugs how the locking one is wired.
By the way, I called PartsAmerica and they said the Champion was not available through the Advance Auto Stores. Looks like in some parts of the country not served by Checker/Kragen/Shucks that design wise the best alternative to the RV ready Champion is the UST at Pepboys, if you want to buy instore and not pay shipping. I guess time will tell if it is a reliable unit.I cannot tell yet if they have just wired one field winding to the 25A plug (and are stretching the winding capability) or if they really have the two windings in parallel. Since there is no 220V plug maybe they just have one larger winding. I'm going to call the numbers for Customer Service Monday and see if they will send a wiring diagram.
By the way, I called PartsAmerica and they said the Champion was not available through the Advance Auto Stores. Looks like in some parts of the country not served by Checker/Kragen/Shucks that design wise the best alternative to the RV ready Champion is the UST at Pepboys, if you want to buy instore and not pay shipping. I guess time will tell if it is a reliable unit.I cannot tell yet if they have just wired one field winding to the 25A plug (and are stretching the winding capability) or if they really have the two windings in parallel. Since there is no 220V plug maybe they just have one larger winding. I'm going to call the numbers for Customer Service Monday and see if they will send a wiring diagram.
