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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toprudder wrote:
Maybe I am missing something, but I think the inductance will be cancelled since you have both the supply and return conductors coiled together - current flowing in opposite directions.
Hummmmm....... not necessarily. They are actually part of a series circuit with a load at the termination point. Inductance will occur no matter which direction current flows. In DC inductance introduces a resistance to current flow, builds a magnetic field and holds, in AC it is constantly revolving. I do not know of any cancellation effect that would occur with two wires side by side but do agree that the magnetic fields would have a different polarity.
Bottom line - inductance is NOT an issue for RV cord heating. It is pure and simple resistance in the conductors and higher than rated current demands that cause heating.
Like you, I feel that the 100 amp (50/50) power supplied via a #6
AWG copper cord would need one heck of a constant load to get hot - more than a typical RV would require. Personally, I would appreciate something to warm the cord in cold weather. Coiling a cold 50 amp cord when breaking camp is like bending pipe. :B
I love my little 1200/1500 as well. It is a real workhorse that is reliable and light enough to pick-up. Funny how they used a Mitsubishi clone engine for these models rather than a Honda GX clone.
