3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
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DPGBG wrote:
I have heard the battery reference and it confuses me a bit. I can understand paralleling two 12volt batteries. + to + and - to - however in the case of a generator are the hots + and the neutrals - . So wouldn't that mean putting my red with the black (+)together. And the two Whites (-) together?
Also.. Thanks so much for your help.
On this generator, while the whites would represent neutral, and they do, in order to get 220 volts the whites have to be bonded. But, to be in phase, one of the whites would represent positive, if you will.
Before someone jumps on, it is alternating current and actually goes positive and negative.
But, to be in phase, that's what you have to do. Remember, to disconnect the wires leaving the head. The two whites are bonded at the outlets.
If you bond the whites together, then bond the red and black together, you'll be 180 degrees out of phase and that is where you have the 220 volt potential.
