Electrical help please
Please tell me if my thinking is correct. My 50 amp service consists of 2 lines of 120 volts and 50 amps to each leg of my 5r. When I hook to 30 amp service, I get one leg of 120 volts and 30 amps o...
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I'm confused about your generator. Is the 30 amp outlet a 3 or 4 prong unit? With the TT jack OR a twist lock three prong jack, you have one hot, one neutral/return and one ground. Where is the 240v coming from, is it a welding generator?
A 30 amp clothes dryer plug has two hots and one neutral, hence most dryers have a separate ground wire to be attached. These are for 220-240VAC across the two hot wires.
On my generator, if you measured from the hot to ground, you get 120VAC. If you measured from neutral to ground, you would get 120 VAC. This not from two separate supplies, but from each side of the generating coil, one would read negative and one would read positive. So 30 amps total, at least on mine.
A 30 amp clothes dryer plug has two hots and one neutral, hence most dryers have a separate ground wire to be attached. These are for 220-240VAC across the two hot wires.
On my generator, if you measured from the hot to ground, you get 120VAC. If you measured from neutral to ground, you would get 120 VAC. This not from two separate supplies, but from each side of the generating coil, one would read negative and one would read positive. So 30 amps total, at least on mine.
