3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

Oldfordman wrote:

FJ40Smurf wrote:


I am only interested in the 240V 30A output side for a backfeed and won't use the duplex side.

Remember, you will not have 30 Amps available at 120V. The rated output of this generator is 3250 Watts so you will only have 13.5 amps available on each bus if you backfeed through an outlet like the one for the dryer. This will be enough for a furnace on one leg, but nothing else on the same leg. It will be important for you to "map your panel" so you know what loads you will be able to have on at the same time and which "leg" they are fed from. The BEST way is to not "backfeed" but to add a transfer switch/panel. It will keep you from damaging things and placing the line repairmen at risk from power that might get backfed into the grid. In most, if not all areas, it is illegal to backfeed without using a transfer switch.

Good Luck.

I have my panel mapped out and 13.5 amps is going to be plenty to run my 1.75 amp gas fired boiler's circulation pump along with a fridge and a light or two. :) Gas hotwater also. I will be off the grid before I backfeed. I thank everyone for your concern, but no worries, when I did my heavyup last year to 200amp I had them put in a transfer switch for the day I knew I would get a generator. Problem is the switch is too far from the outbuilding where the generator will live. Hence the backfeed through my welder outlet on my outbuilding subpanel. I thought I was going to install a whole house natural gas generator but for how seldom I lose power I can't justify the price.

I called up my local TSC and they must not be a "complete" TSC because they don't carry the Champion. I have not had the time to set this thing up but will post up when I do.