Honda EU2000 parallel operation
I have two Honda EU2000 generators that we occasionally operate in parallel operation. The owners manual states to disconnect the cables when not running both generators. I've noticed other campers ru...
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Huntindog wrote:wnjj wrote:Perhaps I should have said more power is USABLE.Huntindog wrote:2oldman wrote:No.If I understood SoundGuy right, it is possible to twin the honda's by making a suicide cord (two male 110 electrical cord) and pluging each end into a receptacle of the hondas... Doing this would tap the power AFTER the 20 amp breaker. twining the normal way with the banana plug cords taps the power BEFORE the circuit breaker.Huntindog wrote:Since the rated output is 13.3a, I'm not sure what you're getting at. You mean a surge current?
banana plug cords tapped in before the 20 amp breaker will allow for higher output. Correct?
You understand correct about the paralleling, however there is no "higher output" to be had. Each generator limits out at less than 20A anyway sharing before or after the 20A breaker makes no power difference.
Honda parallels them behind the breaker because they don't want someone trying to pull 26A from the 20A receptacle on the non-companion model.
Correction: simply connecting the Hondas with a suicide cord doesn't work because there isn't a 30A receptacle. I think what people do is build a Y cable with 2 male 15A plugs and a female 30A receptacle. Simply suicide connecting the generators means you still don't have anywhere to plug in something more than 20A.
Of course each generator limits out at less than 20 amps.... So twining with a suicide cord doesn't really gain any USABLE increase above 20 amps.
Now the hair is split.
Not quite. The useable power isn't limited because of where they are paralleled. Paralleling 2 regular generators with the Honda cable would still mean on 20A are available since the receptacle is where you pull the power from and it's after the breaker. The issue is the lack of a 30A receptacle, not where the power is paralleled. A Y suicide cord avoids that and allows for for full power.
The correct statement is that banana plugs allow for paralleling a companion model which includes a recepatcle that can access all of the power.
