MKDSK
Jul 16, 2014Explorer
Honda Generator
What Honda generator is the best one to get for my travel trailer? I would really only be using it to charge my batteries every other day.
It's unfortunate that the forum format makes a back-and-forth discussion look like a peeing contest, which I vigorously try to avoid, so I'll take my best shot at a final point. Power and current in paralleled sources are not shared equally. The only thing that's forced to be equal is the voltage. The Honda's trip offline based on the output voltage crossing a lower threshold. When the smaller generator becomes close to being overloaded its output voltage capability will be down and any further added load will be drawn from the larger generator, 100%, until its output voltage capability is equal to the smaller generator's. When the load is close to the total capability of both generators, it's just as likely that the larger one will trip first. It's goes down to current flow in a simple parallel circuit.
If you ever used them then you would know that to be incorrect. They don't every limit wattage, they simply try to maintain output voltage. If the you have a 3000 and a 1000 paralleled and the demand is 2500w the 1000w will trip it's overload and the 3000w will take over and run as a single.